Centre şi şcoli tipografice în secolul al XVI-lea (Germania, Italia, Franţa)
Typographic Centers and Schools in the XVIth Century (Germany, Italy, France)

Summary/Abstract: During the XVIth century, according to the Renaissance ideals, the written word, so as the typographies, became more important. In the first half of the century, the typographic production was continuously raising, while in the second half, there is a throw-back, because of the rules the Church established over the written texts. The study highlights the most important and productive typographies from Germany, Italy and France, by mentioning the most famous typographs and their activity during the XVIth century. The selection of the typographies presented is quite complex; the author emphasizes not only the results of their activity, their printings and methods of working; he also accentuates the influence those typographies had upon the development of the art of printing, the novelties they brought to this art, the type of the letters they used, the methods of adorning the books etc.

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