Nicolaus Jenson – born 1420 in Sommevoire, France, died 1480 in Venice, Italy – type founder, punch cutter, printer, publisher.
It is thought Jenson was punch cutter (master of the mint) for the royal mint in Tours or Paris. 1458: Carl VII sends Jenson to Mainz to learn the technique of movable metal type and bring it back to Paris. Spends time in Frankfurt am Main. From 1468 onwards: Jenson is in Venice, where he opens and runs his printing workshop which produces c. 150 books. Produces his
[...]The designer Ronald Arnholm (born 4. 1. 1939 in Barre, Vermont) created ITC Legacy® in 1992. He was first inspired to create the typeface when he was a graduate student at Yale. In a type history class, he was impressed by a copy of the 1470 edition of Eusebius, set in the roman type of Nicolas Jenson. Arnholm went on to create a revival of Jenson's work, now called Jenson Roman, also in the Linotype Library. But he was not yet satisfied and created ITC Legacy to capture all the qualities of
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