After Class 2/19

SUMMARY:

Today in class we had our debate about three different Renaissance men. The first man was Erhard Ratdolt. He was one of the men that made steps towards a printed book.  He was a master printer and invented the first title page for a book. We talked about Aldus Manutius which my group talked about. He had a vision to publish the ideas of the great thinkers of Roman and Greek scholars. He also developed the italicized type. We also talked about Geoffroy Tory. Besides being someone who made significant leaps in the world of typography he was also a professor, scholar, translator, poet, author, publisher, printer, bookseller, calligrapher, designer, illustrator, and engraver. He basically did it all! He was an excellent definition of a Renaissance Man.

MOST INTERESTING:

A very interesting fact was how Geoffroy Tory developed so many different punctuation marks still used today.

QUESTION: A question I have is how punctuation was really developed into what it is today? Its just strange to me how it became what it is now.