Stephen Fry and the Gutenberg Press

One year in St. Louis the City Museum had this class that let kids learn how to make paper the way Gutenberg did. Not out of baby cows, but the process was similar. When I did it my paper didn't turn out as good as Stephen Fry's did. Each piece of paper is a work of art and skill. How the hell did he think of movable type?!? It must have taken him years and hundreds of sketches. It's a shame that we don't even know what he looks like. My favorite part was the way they made replicas of the letters. I didn't know he used 8 different Es. It's amazing how long it took to print a single page when it takes 5 minutes for us to type and print a bunch of pages. Thank God for Gutenberg!!