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The metal printing types are metal types made by molding a cast for printing arts. The first metal printing types were made by Korean people. Our ancestors invented metal printing type and put them to practical use for the first time in the world during Goryeo Dynasty. The world-distinguished scholars regard the printing arts using metal printing types as the best invention of human culture and agree that it is the beginning of information spread and the turning point of human culture. Beeswax molding method and sand-molding method are the typical ones as manufacture of metal printing types. You can easily grasp the development process of world printing & publishing culture The size and shape of Goryeo Dynasty's original metal printing types were kind of rough. Many people have difficulty in understanding Chinese characters. Therefore, I create brand-new 28 characters to help people get literate.