15th century French engraver, printer and type designer
Nicholas Jenson
Born
c. 1420
Sommevoire, France
Died
1480
Venice, Venetian Republic
Nationality
French
Occupation(s)
Typographer French engraver, type designer
Known for
Roman Typeface
Notable work
creation of Roman typeface, made the final definitive break from blackletter style
Nicholas (or Nicolas) Jenson (c. 1420–1480) was a French engraver, pioneer, printer and type designer who carried out most of his work in Venice, Italy. Jenson acted as Master of the French Royal Mint at Tours and is credited with being the creator of one of the finest early Roman typefaces.[1][2] Nicholas Jenson has been something of an iconic figure among students of early printing since the nineteenth century when the artist William Morris praised the beauty and perfection of his roman font. Jenson is an important figure in the early history of printing and a pivotal force in the emergence of Venice as one of the first great centers of the printing press.[3]
^Bullen, Henry Lewis. Nicolas Jenson, Printer of Venice: His famous type designs and some comment upon the printing types of earlier printers. San Francisco. Printed by John Henry Nash (1926).
^Olocco, Riccardo. "Nicolas Jenson and the success of his roman type". Medium. University of Reading. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
^Nicholas Jenson and the rise of Venetian publishing in Renaissance Europe / Martin Lowry.Oxford, UK; Cambridge, Massachusetts, US : B. Blackwell, 1991. xvii, 286 p., [16] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
(or Nicolas) Jenson (c. 1420–1480) was a French engraver, pioneer, printer and type designer who carried out most of his work in Venice, Italy. Jenson acted...
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by NicolasJenson in Venice around 1470, and its italics are based on those created by Ludovico Vicentino degli Arrighi fifty years later. Jenson is an...
designed by Tobias Frere-Jones. It is loosely based on the printing of NicolasJenson in Venice in the 1470s, in what is now called the "old style" of serif...
often a relatively dark colour on the page. In modern times, that of NicolasJenson has been the most admired, with many revivals. Garaldes, which tend...
called the 'Venetian' style of typeface design, used by printers such as NicolasJenson up to the 1490s. Intended for fine book printing, the design has a delicate...
would now be considered blackletter. Printers and typefounders such as NicolasJenson and Aldus Manutius in Venice and later Robert Estienne in France codified...
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font, designed by Sol Hess for Lanston Monotype based on designs of NicolasJenson from 1479. It was released in 1920 with a companion italic made available...
"old-style" serif face, based on type designed by engraver and printer NicolasJenson in Venice around 1470. It is named for the Golden Legend, which was...
published in a collection of Latin Grammarians printed at Venice by NicolasJenson in about 1476. The best edition of Diomedes's Ars Grammatica is in Grammatici...
chancery hand in Venice, 1501, and was practised by designer-printers NicolasJenson and Francesco Griffo; roman type has helped establish the remarkable...
The capital letters of Doves Type were based on typefaces used by NicolasJenson from the 1470s and the lowercase letters were based on typefaces used...
Johann Amerbach of Basel, William Caxton of Bruges and London, and NicolasJenson of Venice. The first incunable to have woodcut illustrations was Ulrich...
noble (d. 1488) date unknown Jean Fouquet, French painter (d. 1481) NicolasJenson, French engraver (d. 1480) Antoinette de Maignelais, mistress of Charles...
abstraction from calligraphy not present in the work of the earlier master NicolasJenson, while his italic and Greek types are notably cursive. Philip B. Meggs...
series Cloister Old Style (1913), based on the 1470 Venetian face of NicolasJenson. Cloister Italic (1913), based on the 1501 italic face of Aldus Manutius...
typographic and printing activity. Significant contributions came from NicolasJenson, Francesco Griffo, Aldus Manutius, and other printers of late 15th-century...
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