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Nicholas Jenson

Nicholas Jenson

Image: Jenson's typographer's mark


Born:1420 in Sommevoire, France


Died: 1480 Venice, Venetian Republic


Nationality: Italian


Occupation:Typographer engraver, Type Designer


Known for:


-First Roman Typeface design


-Studied printing in Mainz under Johannes Gutenberg

Aldus Manutius

Aldus Manutius

Born: Aldo Manuzio, 15th century


Died: 1515


Nationality: Venetian


Other names: Aldus Manutius the Elder


Occupation: Humanist who became a printer and publisher


Known for:


-Commissioned Francesco Griffo to cut a slanted type known today as italic.


-Founding the Aldine Press at Venice

Francesco Griffo

Francesco Griffo

Born: 1450


Died: 1518


Nationality: Venetian


Occupation: Punchcutter


Known for:


-Working for Aldus Manutius


-Creating the first Italic font

Claude Garamond

Claude Garamond

Born: 1490


Died: 1561


Nationality: French


Occupation: Publisher and punch-cutter


Known for:


-Being the first to sell his punches and type design in retail to other printers


-Designing the typefaces Garamond, Granjon, and Sabon

Johannes Gutenberg

Johannes Gutenberg

Born: 1398


Died: 1468


Nationality: German


Occupation: Blacksmith, goldsmith, printer, and publisher


Known for:


-The invention of the movable-type printing press


-Being a Catholic


-Printed the Gutenberg Bible (also known as the 42-line Bible, the Mazarin Bible or the B42) the first major book printed in the West using movable type.

George Bickham the Elder

George Bickham the Elder

Born: 1684


Died:1758


Nationality: English


Occupation: Writing master and engraver


Known for:


-His engraving work inThe Universal Penman, a collection of writing exemplars which helped to popularise the English Round Hand script



Quotes:



-“An artless Scrawl ye blushing Scribler shames; All shou’d be fair that Beauteous Woman frames.”


-This quote hints that calligraphy may have a role in encouraging romance: “Strive to excel, with Ease the Pen will move; And pretty line add Charms to infant Love.”