Aldus (typeface)
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Aldus is an old style serif typeface created by Hermann Zapf in 1954. It was named after Aldus Manutius, famous fifteenth centuty Italian printer. Aldus was designed as a bookweight text face companion for Palatino, which Zapf considered to be a display face. Aldus is designed to complement Palatino, but with a lighter stroke weight, more open counters, and better suited for text in smaller point sizes.
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