00934802 © movable type Fabric bysef

This design is "MOVABLE TYPE" written in movable type. In the old days, one used to have to create a carving for every page one wanted to print. Then various people (at separate times in separate places) invented the idea of movable type. It worked better in countries with limited alphabets (rather than excessive numbers of ideograms or pattern blocks). But it was a marvellous thing, having a huge impact on civilisation, alongside the printing press, until the arrival of computer controlled printing ... NB in movable type (which this isn't because it's not really 3D and will be fixed in place on the fabric when printed!) the letters have to be reversed in shape and in order so that they print the right way round on a page. The image file uploaded here can of course be set to be either the realistic or the more easily readable reflected version. Other colours, stylings, sizes and orientations are available on request and you can even ask for a custom mixture of designs. … See my profile index or tags for similar designs: • greyscale [by palette] (http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/sef?shop_selection=tag&tag=greyscale) • text (http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/sef?shop_selection=tag&tag=text) • alphanumeric (http://www.spoonflower.com/profiles/sef?shop_selection=tag&tag=alphanumeric)