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
C.M.S. Press works in the languages of Malayalam, English, Tamil, Sanskrit, Latin and Syriac.C.M.S Press was the first polyglot printing office as well as the first book publishing house in Kerala. C.M.S. Press C.M.S Press, the first printing press in Kerala was established in 1821 by Rev. Benjamin Baily, a British missionary, at Chalukunnu in Kottayam district. The first Malayalam Book printed in Kerala, 'Cherupaitangalku Upakarardham Englishil ninnu Paribhashapedutiya Kadhakal',(which consists of short stories for children translated from English) by Benjamin Baily was printed at CMS press in Kottayam in 1824.C.M.S Press published complete Malayalam translation of the Bible in 1842 and