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===References=== *Manutius's name is the inspiration for Progetto Manuzio, an [[Italian language|Italian]] free text project similar to [[Project Gutenberg]]. *A typeface created by [[Hermann Zapf]] was named after Aldus Manutius and dedicated to his memory. *The novel ''[[Mr. Penumbra’s 24-Hour Bookstore]]'' by [[Robin Sloan]] features a fictionalized version of Aldus Manutius, as well as a fictional [[secret society]] devoted to him. One of the novel's characters, Griffo Gerritszoon, designs a fictitious font called "Gerritszoon" that is preinstalled on every Mac, in allusion to Manutius's associate [[Francesco Griffo]], the designer of italic type. The Aldine Press' motto ''festina lente'' is used as the name of the fictional corporation that owns and markets the "Gerritszoon" font. *[[Aldus]], a software company founded in Seattle in 1985, known for [[PageMaker]] and [[Adobe FreeHand|FreeHand]] for the [[Apple Macintosh]], was named after Manutius and used his profile as part of their company logo. Aldus was purchased by [[Adobe Systems]] in 1994. *The ''Aldus Journal of Translation'', a publication from [[Brown University]], is named after Aldus Manutius. *The book ''John Henry Nash: The Aldus of San Francisco'' relates John Nash to Aldus Manutius and San Francisco to Venice. *"Manutius" is the name of a [[vanity publisher]] in the English translation of [[Umberto Eco|Umberto Eco's]] 1988 novel ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]''.
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