History of Western typography Erhard Ratdolt c. 1486 was cut to suit Venetian taste. In 1476 William Caxton, having learned his craft on the Continent, printed the first books in England with a so-called Bâtarde type (an early Schwabacher design), but soon abandoned it. The early printers of Spain were Germans who began by printing in up-to-date roman types but soon gave these up and adopted Gothic typefaces based on the letterforms of Spanish manuscripts. Valencia in the Kingdom of Aragon was the location of the first press, established in 1473. From there printers moved to other cities to set up presses. Roman types
History of printing and publishing in Dhaka patha -kobi to extinction. The patha-kobitas published from Dhaka were of Kushai Sarkar's "Nanabidho Gaan" ("নানাবিধ গান") that were printed from Samantak Jantra in 1892 and Bipin Chand Gopes "Jhorer Gaan" ("ঝড়ের গান") printed by Jagabandhu Dey from Garib Jantra. History of printing and publishing in Dhaka It can not be said with certainty where the first printing press was set up in Bangladesh. It is conjectured that the first printing press in Bangladesh was in Rangpur during 1847, about away from Dhaka. The first printed piece from this printing press was a weekly newspaper named "Rangapur Barttabaha" ("রঙ্গপুর বার্ত্তাবহ")