The Chinese inventor Bi Sheng made movable type of earthenware c. 1045, but there are no recognized surviving samples of his printing. All-around 1450, in what is often regarded as an independent invention, Johannes Gutenberg invented movable type in Europe, in conjunction with improvements in casting the sort based upon https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP9Gw00CldPUmiu43y7fdWw