TYPOGRAPHY

1. ALDUS MANUTIUS

1.1. He used stylish letters with, for example, the midbar of the “F” elongated, for aesthetic purposes.

1.1.1. For the first time he uses the volume DE ATENA

1.1.2. This style it the basis for a Roman types called OLD STYLE.

1.2. Published the first work in ROMAN ITALIC type.

2. GUTENBERG

2.1. He set in a typeset variant of gothic script called TEXTURA.

2.1.1. The name refers to the dense web of spiky letterforms that fill the completed page.

2.1.2. Textura was an example of blackletter type.

2.2. Around 1455, published the Bible

3. The typefaces is also called “LETTERING”.

3.1. The X-height represent the body of the type and the ascenders and descenders are those parts that extend above or below the x-height on lower case letters.

4. GIANBATTISTA BODONI

4.1. He publishes the MANUALE TIPOGRAFICO

4.2. He introduced the MODERN STYLE influenced by the FRENCH DIDOT.