the art of writing and illustrating by hand was important in the age before print. describe what happened to these forms of art with coming of print machines.

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The art of writing and illustrating by hand was important in the age before print. Following happened to these forms of art with coming of print machines.
The production of handwritten manuscripts could not meet the ever-increasing demand for books.
Service of the scribes was expensive, laborious and time-consuming business.
Manuscripts were fragile, awkward to handle, and could not be carried around or read easily.
Their circulation remained limited.
With the growing demand for books, woodblock printing gradually became more and more popular.
The new technology had provided a cheaper and even quicker reproduction of texts.

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