Publishing Legacy
The leading publisher and printer of the Venetian High Renaissance, Aldus set up a definite scheme of book design, produced the first italic type, introduced small and handy pocket editions (octavos) of the classics, and applied several innovations in binding technique and design for use on a broad scheme.
He commissioned Francesco Griffo to cut a slanted type known today as italic.
He and his grandson Aldus Manutius the Younger, also a printer, are credited with introducing a standardized system of punctuation.
The software company Aldus was named after him.
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