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Featured Article: Elzevir, Louis
Elzevir, EHL zuh veer, Louis (1540?-1617), was the first of what became a famous Dutch family of publishers, printers, and sellers of books. See more »
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Baskerville, John
Baskerville, John (1706-1775), was an English type founder and printer.
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Bodoni, Giambattista, boh DOH nee, jahm baht TEES tah (1740-1813), an Italian printer and type designer, became the most celebrated printer in Europe at the end of the 1700's.
See more »Bradford, Andrew
Bradford, Andrew (1686-1742), was an American printer and newspaper publisher who established the first newspaper in Pennsylvania.
See more »Caxton, William
Caxton, William (1422?-1492), was the first person to print a book in the English language and to print a book in England.
See more »Daye, Stephen
Daye, Stephen (1594?-1668), with his son Matthew, set up and operated the first printing office in what is now the United States.
See more »Elzevir, Louis
Elzevir, EHL zuh veer, Louis (1540?-1617), was the first of what became a famous Dutch family of publishers, printers, and sellers of books.
See more »Gutenberg, Johannes
Gutenberg, Johannes, GOOT uhn burg, yoh HAHN uhs (1395?-1468?), invented processes that made printing from movable metallic type practical for the first time.
See more »Jenson, Nicolas
Jenson, JEHN suhn or zhahn SAWN, Nicolas (1415?-1480), was a French printer who perfected roman-style type.
See more »Mergenthaler, Ottmar
Mergenthaler, Ottmar, MUR guhn thaw luhr, OT mahr (1854-1899), invented the Linotype typesetting machine.
See more »Senefelder, Alois
Senefelder, Alois, ZAY nuh fehl duhr, AH loys (1771-1834), invented the process of lithography (see Lithography).
See more »Thomas, Isaiah
Thomas, Isaiah, y ZAY uh (1749-1831), was the leading printer and publisher in colonial America.
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