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
S. Chand Group textbook to be published by S. Chand was a 'Textbook of Physical Chemistry' by Prof. Bahl & Tuli. The revised edition of the book is still in the market. In 1960, S. Chand established its own printing press. Reaping the benefits, the company continued investing in technology, moving from composition and offset printing to the Computer plate printing. By this time, Shyam Lal Gupta had gathered fame as one of the pioneers of the Indian Publishing industry. He was awarded the ‘Padam Shree’ by the Indian Government in 1969 and was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Bihar in 1972.