Didot also developed the PUNTO system, which determines the size of letter characters. The Didot company of France was ultimately incorporated into the modern CPI printing group.
(1730-1804) French, printer. He developed the letter type named after him. He was born in Paris and died in the same city. He was the son of a family involved in printing and publishing. He worked in the publishing company founded by his father, François Didot. This company printed classic works using modern letterforms.
In 1770, Didot developed a new letter form that was later named after her. These new letters with dry and hard lines constituted a turning point in French printing.
Didot is the name of a family of French printers, punch-cutters, and publishers. Through its achievements and advancements in printing, publishing, and typography, the family has lent its name to typographic measurements developed by François-Ambroise Didot and the Didot typeface developed by Firmin Didot. The Didot company of France was ultimately incorporated into the modern CPI printing group.
Didot also developed the point system in printing. He helped his son Firmin develop new printing types. He had "velin" paper, a very thin and light white paper, produced. The letter type developed by Didot is still used today.
What is Typography?
It is derived from the ancient Greek words "typos: form" and "graphic: to write". Typography is the art of making text resemble certain shapes according to your imagination using certain tactics. Typography is, as I like to call it, "letter bending".
The Didot font is described as neoclassical and evokes the Age of Enlightenment. The Didot family were among the first to establish a printing press in newly independent Greece, and fonts in the Didot style have remained popular in Greece ever since.