Firmin Didot
Firmin Didot actually Ambroise Firmin Didot (born April 14, 1764 in Paris , † April 24, 1836 in Mesnil-sur-l'Estrée , Département Eure , France ) was a French typographer and writer .
Didot, the second son of François Ambroise Didot, came from a printer dynasty and received numerous typographic awards. In 1798 his father took over the management of the family-owned type foundry . He developed the stereotype , the typographic system of measurement (with the Didot point still valid in Europe today ) and the Didot font .
He also wrote plays and worked as a publisher, deputy and translator.
Statue of Firmin Didot at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris
Translations
- Thucydides , Histoire de La Guerre Du Peloponnese, Contenant Les Livres
literature
- Constantin Karl Falkenstein , history of the art of printing in its development and training: a memorial for the fourth Säcular celebration of the invention of typography; with a rich collection of facsimiles cut in wood and metal of the rarest wooden panel prints, replicas of types of old famous offices and samples of art prints based on the latest inventions of our time , Teubner, Leipzig, 1840.
Web links
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Didot, Firmin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Didot, Ambroise Firmin (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French typographer and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1764 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 24, 1836 |
| Place of death | Mesnil-sur-l'Estrée , Eure department, France |