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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
Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
Simon de Colines
French printer
Nicolas Jenson
French printer
Claude Garamond
French publisher
Jan Tschichold
German typographer and author
Times New Roman
Stanley Morison
English typographer
Giovanni Mardersteig
Italian printer
Bodoni, engraving
Giambattista Bodoni
Italian printer
William Caslon
English printer
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
W.A. Dwiggins
American artist
S.H. de Roos
Dutch typographer
Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson
British book designer
Romain du Roi type
Philippe Grandjean
French engraver
Cassandre
French graphic artist
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