Francesco Griffo
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| Gender | Male |
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| Born | Bologna |
| Italy | |
| Died | Bologna |
| Italy | |
| 1518 | |
| Bologna | |
| Italy | |
| Date of birth | January 1,1450 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Grandchildren | Achille Barbiroli |
| Children | Caterina Griffo |
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| ID | 674614 |
Francesco Griffo Life story
Francesco Griffo, also called Francesco da Bologna, was a fifteenth-century Italian punchcutter. He worked for Aldus Manutius, designing the printer's more important humanist typefaces, including the first italic type. He cut Roman, Greek, Hebrew and first italic type.
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