Praise Be · 15 May 2001
Eusebius of Cæsaria is not my favourite author, but the edition of his work that Nicolas Jenson printed in 1470 in Venice is still, in a physical sense, among my favourite books. In subject matter and in language, it has fallen out of fashion. As an example of pure, naked typography, it is firmly up to date. In some significant respects, we are still outpaced by Jenson, Miscomini, Griffo, Aldus, and other early typographers, who worked with no computers, no electric light, and no cappuccino five centuries ago.
—Robert Bringhurst, “The Typographic Nude”
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