Griffo, Francesco

Francesco Griffo was a famous Italian type founder, punchcutter and type designer in a late fifteenth-century. In 1495, He worked for Aldus Manutius cutting early italics, who was Italian scholar of the Italian Renaissancer. Griffo has huge Contribution with roman type, which include finding the equilibrium point for the normal capital letter and the lower case. By achieving that, he compress the weight of the capitals and cut shorter of it.

Francesco Griffo did this work on 1501, is one of the type design in the Italian renaissance.

I also find a really usefull book about Francesco Griffo, which is Francesco Griffo da Bologna, fragments & glimpses : a compendium of information & opinions about his life and work.

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