Venice · 1470 · Nicolaus Jenson




The debut of Nicolas Jenson's roman typeface, the most influential type design of the incunabula period. Jenson's letterforms set the proportions and optical logic that virtually all subsequent roman types descend from, including Centaur and Adobe Jenson. No other 15th-century typecutter matched the coherence of his roman.
Bayerische Staatsbibliothek München, 2 Inc.c.a. 27 m — Public Domain Mark 1.0
ISTC ie00118000