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Sagi yeongseon hwaljapan (Printing Blocks with Movable Metal Type of Outstanding Selections from the Records of the Grand Historian)

Yim In-ho, Master Typefounder, National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 101

Cheongju Early Printing Museum

Cheongju Early Printing Museum
Cheongju, South Korea

This set of printing plates are typeset for printing after sand casting method was used to restore the movable metal type jeongyu font used in the 1777 printing of Outstanding Selections from the Records of the Grand Historian. This movable metal type font is one of 37 fonts restored as part of Cheongju Early Printing Museum’s 2007–2010 project on “Restoration of Movable Metal Types Cast in Joseon Dynasty.”

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  • Title: Sagi yeongseon hwaljapan (Printing Blocks with Movable Metal Type of Outstanding Selections from the Records of the Grand Historian)
  • Creator: Yim In-ho, Master Typefounder, National Intangible Cultural Heritage No. 101
  • Type: Movable Metal Type Printing Block
  • Rights: Cheongju Early Printing Museum
  • Medium: Metal
Cheongju Early Printing Museum

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