東京大学総合博物館
Typography and History of Printing

In 1500, Aldus founded the New Academy, a school dedicated to the promotion of Greek studies. The lives of the members of this academy, including Erasmus and Linacre, are detailed in Didot's biography Alde Manuce.

Samples:

GoA detail from the Hyperotomachia Poliphili with woodcut (64.7 kb)

GoThe first italic typeface (26.7 kb)

Of Further Interest:

The Colonna Project, a web site dedicated to the Hyperotomachia Poliphili by the Information Media Design Group of Rutgers University
[http://www.gse.rutgers.edu/imdg/colonna/colonnatop.htm]

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Updated 20 November 1995