Aldus (typeface)
Aldus is a serif typeface created by Hermann Zapf in 1954. It was named after Aldus Manutius, the famous Italian printer, to reflect the Renaissance feeling of the font.
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Serif typeface - Hermann Zapf - 1954 - Aldus Manutius
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Aldus was designed as a bookweight text face companion for Palatino, which Zapf considered to be a display face. Some consider it less graceful than Palatino, but lighter and better suited for text in small point sizes.
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