New Exhibit Examines Aldus Manutius, Venetian Book Binder

- The first binder to print famous Greek authors, including Aristotle, Thucydides, Herodotus and Sophocles.
- The first to use italic type, in what was an attempt to mimic the handwritten word.
- The first to use the semicolon in the way it is used today.
- “Possibly the first printer to compare manuscripts to arrive at the most reliable text.”
- The first to intentionally leave a page blank.
- Invented Roman typeface.