STEM ≥ Japanese type font
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The first use of movable type fonts in a published book printed in Japan was a milestone in the history of technology.
PRINTING PRESS. The first printing press which used movable type was brought from Korea to Japan in 1593. -- see Princeton, "First Japanese Book Printed from Movable Type" (Julie L. Mellby). December 6, 2008. https://www.princeton.edu/~graphicarts/2008/12/first_japanese_book_printed_fr.html
PRINTING TECHNOLOGY. The printing technology was looted during the first Japanese invasion of Korea (1592-1596), also known as the Imjin War. -- see Kim, J (2018). "Museums and cultural heritage: to examine the loss of cultural heritage during colonial and military occupations with special reference to the Japanese occupation of Korea, and the possibilities for return and restitution." (Unpublished Doctoral thesis, City, University of London), p. 20. https://openaccess.city.ac.uk/id/eprint/20813/1/Kim,%20Jongsok.pdf
TYPOGRAPHY. The Japanese took many fonts and Korean printing specialists back to Japan, and this became the beginning of Japanese typography. -- see Sohn, Pow-key. “Early Korean Printing.” Journal of the American Oriental Society, vol. 79, no. 2, 1959, pp. 96–103. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/595851. https://www.jstor.org/stable/595851?Search=yes&resultItemClick=true&searchText=early&searchText=korean&searchText=printing&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dearly%2Bkorean%2Bprinting&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_SYC-4929%2Ftest&refreqid=search%3A0c2ebf1911ddc99d0c299b9bfb5d1e0f&seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents
FIRST BOOK. In 1593, the first book using movable type made of copper was published in Japan.. -- see History of Information. http://www.historyofinformation.com/index.php?cat=106&start=1&end=41
SECOND BOOK. In 1599-1603, the first book was published using a Japanese-made press and Japanese-made wooden type fonts. -- see online digitized copy of Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan) in Library of Congress https://www.wdl.org/en/item/11835/view/1/3/; and see below, sample text from this early 17th-century Japanese book
