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Originally Posted by Anthony
Dubious. Effective production of movable type requires fairly advanced metallurgy and casting methods (Gutenberg was forced to invent new technologies for both, but had the advantage of a high technological base).
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As James Burke described it the process was well within the TL2 Rome had: Design a reusable mold (bronze statues), carve the letter in a soft copper bar (around since the Greeks), and pour molten lead in the mold (Romans used lead for the pipes). Nothing in that list was beyond the ability of the TL2 Romans.