Oldest Movable Metal Hangul Type Identified

Movable Hangul type

Scholars say they have identified the earliest metal type in Hangul, the Korean alphabet. The movable type dates back to the mid-15th century. The National Museum of Korea said Thursday the museum recently rearranged [sic?] the 752 oldest out of hundreds of thousands of letters in its collection.

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Posted by kangmi on January 4, 2007 at 7:39 PM0 comments

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