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Born September 15, 1712 • Paris • France
Died October 8, 1768 (aged 56)
Movement / Style Rococo
Subjects Of Study typeface • typography • design
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Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Simon de Colines
French printer
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Nicolas Jenson
French printer
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Claude Garamond
French publisher
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Jan Tschichold
German typographer and author
Times New Roman
Stanley Morison
English typographer
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Giovanni Mardersteig
Italian printer
Bodoni, engraving
Giambattista Bodoni
Italian printer
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William Caslon
English printer
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Bruce Rogers
American typographer
Walker, Emery: Brooks's in the Olden Time
Sir Emery Walker
English printer
Goudy, Frederic W.
Frederic W. Goudy
American printer and typographer
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W.A. Dwiggins
American artist
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S.H. de Roos
Dutch typographer
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Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson
British book designer
Romain du Roi type
Philippe Grandjean
French engraver
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Cassandre
French graphic artist
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Geoffroy Tory
French printer
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
“The Calling of the Hounds,” tapestry by Jean-Baptiste Oudry, 1742–45; in the Pitti Palace, Florence
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
French artist