Typographeum
As Typographeum refers to the totality of the facilities of printing with movable letters , so the typography itself, the publishing house , the printing house , where appropriate, the bookbinder , the bookstores and authors, readers and critics; in the sense of Marshall McLuhan , one also speaks of the " Gutenberg galaxy ".
The publication system of Typographeums is considered as catalyst a fundamental change; from the middle of the 15th century it replaced the system of scriptoria and brought about fundamental changes in the libraries , the theater and the forums . As a media-genealogical epoch, the typography follows the epochs of orality and literacy ; The electronic age follows the typography .