Instead of attempting to imitate handwriting and calligraphy, they created type inspired by the perfectly proportioned lettering of classical Roman inscriptions, as seen on Trajan's column in Rome. Those of you with an unhealty obsession with punctuation will also want to know that this sample shows the first ever printed semi-colons.īy this time Italian publishers had moved away from the heavy blackletter typefaces used elsewhere in Europe. The typefaces Manutius used in his books were cut (and probably designed) for him by the punchcutter Francesco Griffo.Ī type sample from Manutius' edition of De Aetna, 1495. Venice was at that time among the most important centres for printing and publishing in Europe, and Manutius is considered one of the most important medieval printers and publishers, only rivalled by Gutenberg. The typeface that would later be known as 'Bembo', made its first appearance in the book De Aetna, published by the Venetian printer Aldus Manutius in 1495.
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