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CHAPTER FIVEThe German Illustrated BookHISTORY OF GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGNIn Germany, woodcut artists <strong>and</strong>typographic printers collaborated to developillustrated books <strong>and</strong> broadsheets. One earlytypographic book by Albrecht Pfister, wasillustrated with woodblock prints, similar tothe earlier process used for playing cards<strong>and</strong> woodblock books. Over the decades,printers increased their use <strong>of</strong> woodblockillustrations <strong>and</strong> ultimately created abooming dem<strong>and</strong> for blocks, <strong>and</strong> along withit, a growing dem<strong>and</strong> for graphic illustrators.15

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