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by : Haifa Al Zhrani
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Firmin Didot Firmin Didot – born 1764 in Paris, France, died 1836 in Mesnil-sur-l’Estrée, France – punch cutter, type founder, printer, publisher, author. Studied classical languages. 1783: cuts his first typefaces and reworks his father’s roman alphabets.
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Didot is a name given to a group Didot is a name given to a group of typefaces named after of typefaces named after the famous French printing and the famous French printing and type producing family. type producing family. The classification is known as The classification is known as modern, or Didone. modern, or Didone.
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