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Francesco Griffo was a Venetian punch cutter who lived from 1450 to 1518. His main job was designing the printers' type faces including the first italic type. His work shows more abstraction which was not present in his predecessors work, Nicholas Jenson. I personally like the serifs that expand from each letter rather than cause a whole new stroke. This expansion with serifs would be easier to mimic with a quill and ink rather than a ballpoint pen or a pencil.

"Francesco Griffo | Biography - Italian Typecutter." //Encyclopedia Britannica Online//. Encyclopedia Britannica. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.

"Font Designer – Francesco Griffo." //Francesco Griffo//. Web. 5 Oct. 2015.