Graphics Reference
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1501
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1519-47:
Pierre
Nepveu, château of
Chambord, France.
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Home of Albrecht
Dürer, Nuremberg,
Germany.
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1501:
Francesco
Griffo, the first italic
typeface, based on
chancery script
handwriting.
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Woodblock
initial by Geoffroy
Tory, who returned to
France from study in
Italy in 1505, inspired
by Roman letterforms
and Renaissance design
ideals.
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1523:
Lodovico
Arrighi, an Italian writing
master, introduces his
formal chancery italic
type.
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1525:
Albrecht
Dürer, construction of the
letter
B
.
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1529:
Geoffroy
Tory, construction of the
letter
B
.
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c. 1480-1561:
Claude Garamond,
outstanding designer
of Old Style typefaces
during the French
Renaissance.
1517:
Martin Luther
posts his ninety-five
theses on the door
of Wittenberg Castle
Church, launching the
Reformation.
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