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People

Aldus Manutius Aldus Pius Manutius (; it, Aldo Pio Manuzio; 6 February 1515) was an Italian printer and humanist who founded the Aldine Press. Manutius devoted the later part of his life to publishing and disseminating rare texts. His interest in and preserv ...

, a Venetian publisher who popularized small personal volumes *

Aldus Manutius the Younger Aldus Manutius, the Younger ( it, Aldo Manuzio il Giovane) (13 February 1547 — 28 October 1597) was the grandson of Aldus Manutius and son of Paulus Manutius. He was the last member of the Manuzio family to be active in the Aldine Press that his ...

, grandson of Aldus Manutius

Businesses

Aldine Press The Aldine Press was the printing office started by Aldus Manutius in 1494 in Venice, from which were issued the celebrated Aldine editions of the classics (Latin and Greek masterpieces, plus a few more modern works). The first book that was dat ...

, the printing office founded by Aldus Manutius *

Aldus Corporation Aldus Corporation was an American software company best known for its pioneering desktop publishing (DTP) software. PageMaker, the company's most well-known product, ushered in the modern era of desktop computers such as the Macintosh seeing ...

, a software developer known for their desktop publishing software that was acquired by Adobe Inc.

Other

* Aldus (typeface), a typeface by Herman Zapf that is unrelated to the type of the Aldine Press {{disambiguation