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A Tribute to the Printer Aldus Manutius, and the Roots of the Paperback
- genericuser 12y agoCool trivia piece I didn't know prior to this > And then there were the unwitting firsts, like what may be the earliest known version of “This page left intentionally blank,” preserved in a 1513 edition of the Greek orators included in the show, along with instructions to the binder to remove the extra leaf. “He printed the instructions in Latin and Greek,” Mr. Clemons said. “But of course bookbinders couldn’t read Latin or Greek.”
- msie 12y agoI fondly remember Aldus Pagemaker and Aldus Freehand.