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| The practice of writing and recording is researched to have dated back as far as 3400 and 3300 BC, to cuneiform written on clay tablets in ancient Mesopotamia. Sumerians used a reed stylus to make impressions in wet clay creating wedge-shaped marks for which they had an alphabet system. <ref> ''Clayton, Ewan. “Where Did Writing Begin?” The British Library, The British Library, 9 Apr. 2019, www.bl.uk/history-of-writing/articles/where-did-writing-begin.''</ref> With the invention of early movable type in the second century AD by Bi Sheng from Yingshan, Hubei, China and the first printing press by Johannes Gutenberg from Mainz, Germany in 1450, a system arose for copying and distributing texts more easily. <ref> ''History.com Editors. “Printing Press.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 7 May 2018, www.history.com/topics/inventions/printing-press.'' </ref> Movable type and printing heavily influenced the style and manner with which text was printed onto a substrate.
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| [[File:Gutenberg_press.jpg|thumb|The Gutenberg Press found on [https://search.creativecommons.org/photos/7abcb1de-3ef0-4a6b-ad7a-b521c1deb423| Creative Commons Search]. Dimensions are 768 × 1024 pixels and source is [https://www.flickr.com/photos/81685076@N00/121285772| Flickr].
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| == Reason for Spacing ==
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| '' Italics use double quotation marks ''
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| ''' Bold uses triple quotation marks '''
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| === Spacing in Typesetting ===
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| ==== My Links (title will change) ====
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| Outside links use single brackets [https://www.sup.org/books/title/?id=683| Stanford University Press book]
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| Here is another resource to elaborate on [https://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-2/text-typography/line-spacing-for-text| Line spacing]
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| == Modern Spacing Rules ==
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| == References ==
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Latest revision as of 16:36, 10 December 2020