Keeping the print press alive
Only a handful of printers remain in the world, but one Taiwanese man works to keep the disappearing art alive.
Published On 25 Feb 2012
For more than half a century, Chang Chieh-Kuan has been creating the tiny lead building blocks of books and poetry.
It’s an invention that played a crucial part in our literary history. But now, there are only a few publishers left in the world still using the printing press.
Steve Chao meets a Taiwanese man who is keeping an ancient art alive in the electronic age.
Source: Al Jazeera