Firmin Didot
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Firmin Didot was a prominent French printer, typefounder, and publisher from the famous Didot family, known for innovations in typography and the development of the Didot point system.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
human
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printer → publisher → typefounder → typographer → |
| contributedTo |
standardization of typographic measurement in Europe
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| countryOfCitizenship |
France
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| employer |
Didot family printing house
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| ethnicGroup |
French
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| familyName |
Didot
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| fieldOfWork |
book production
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printing → publishing → type design → |
| genre |
book design
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type design → |
| givenName |
Firmin
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| hasPart |
Didot point as unit of measure
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| hasRelative |
François-Ambroise Didot
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Henri Didot → Pierre Didot → |
| hasStyle |
neoclassical typography
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| influenced |
19th-century typefounding practices
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French book aesthetics → modern serif typefaces → |
| influencedBy |
Didot family printing tradition
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| memberOf |
Didot family
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| nativeLanguage |
French
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| notableFor |
high-contrast serif letterforms
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influence on European book typography → innovations in typography → refined typographic standards in France → refinement of the Didot type family → standardization of the point system in French typography → |
| notableWork |
Didot point system
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Didot typeface → |
| occupation |
printer
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publisher → typefounder → typographer → |
| partOf |
French printing industry
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| usedScript |
Latin alphabet
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| workLocation |
Paris
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Referenced by (5)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
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Firmin Didot
("Didot family printing house")
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employer |
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Firmin Didot
("François-Ambroise Didot")
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hasRelative |
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Firmin Didot
("Didot family printing tradition")
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influencedBy |
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Firmin Didot
("Didot family")
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memberOf |
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Théorie analytique de la chaleur
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publisher |