“In 1631 Robert Baker, the King’s Printer, produced a Bible with the little word ‘not’ missing from the seventh commandment, thus instructing worshipers: ‘Thou shalt commit adultery.’ Known as the Wicked Bible, the Archbishop of Canterbury ordered the book be burnt and Baker was sent to prison where he stayed until his death. Which all goes to show, type most certainly matters.”
Type, who host some damn fine-looking typographic walking tours.

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