Writing on the Stone: Printer Scribers in the Ottoman Empire (1831-1928)
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.16947/fsmia.1318923Keywords:
Scribes, lithography, typography, Ottoman calligraphy, printerAbstract
This article aims to explore the history of scribes in the printing world. Scribes of
printers were first needed with the using of lithography in the Ottoman World and by the
time they became an actor of printing and publishing world. Printing clerks were first needed
in the Ottoman world with the use of lithography, and in time they became an actor in
the world of printing and publishing. Although they initially wrote books for lithographic
printers, as new printing techniques develop, they wrote not only books but also business
cards, invitations, company invoices, etc. Scribes of printers entered the market as freelance
workers, then took permanent positions in printers and in the 20th century they
opened calligraphy stores for printers but their story ended with language reform in 1928.
It is emphasized that the development of printing capitalism after 1908 and that scribes
became important actors in the new market.
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