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Firmin Didot

French printer, engraver, and type founder

Firmin Didot (French:[fiʁmɛ̃dido]; 14 April &#;&#; 24 April ) was a French printer, engraver, and type founder.

Early life

Firmin Didot was born in Paris into a family of printers founded by François Didot, the father of 11 children. Firmin was one of his grandchildren.

Pierre Firmin-Didot was born August 23, 1921, in Mesnil-sur-l'Estrée, Eure, France.

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    • The family's paper manufactory was located at Essonnes, a town c. 30&#;km southeast of Paris near Corbeil, which had notable paper factories.

    Work

    Didot invented the word "stereotype", which in printing refers to the metal printing plate created for the actual printing of pages (as opposed to printing pages directly with movable type), and used the process extensively, revolutionizing the book trade by his cheap editions.

    His manufactory was a place of pilgrimage for the printers of the world.

    He first used the process in his edition of Callet’s Tables of Logarithms (), in which he secured an accuracy till then unattainable.

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