The Uyghurs too seem to have used wooden movable type although it is unknown where they got the technology. In 1908, more than a thousand pieces of Uyghur type made of wood, engraved in Sogdian script, were discovered in Dunhuang. They are believed to date to the 12th century when the Uyghurs also made use of woodblock printing.
The Uyghurs also employed wooden movable type, although its origin is unclear. In 1908, over a thousand pieces of Uyghur wood type, engraved in Sogdian script, were found in Dunhuang and dated to the 12th century when they used woodblock printing.