| A | B |
|---|
| Francois Ambroise Didot | standardized a typographical measuring system |
| Firmin Didot | invented the stereotype |
| 72 points equals | 1 inch |
| 6 points equals | nonpareil |
| Didot family hometown | Paris |
| The Didot typeface was designed by | Firmin Didot |
| Firmin Didot | born 1764 |
| Pierre Didot | was a printer |
| King Louis XVI | was a patron of the Didot family business |
| The Golden Bible | The was the name of the family's bookstore |
| The Louve editions | was a collection of the works of canonical authors from antiquity and France printed beautifully by Pierre and Firmin |
| Firmin Didot, Societe Nouvelle. | the name of the printing company still in existence today |
| 1797 | the year Firmin was granted a patent for his work on the stereotype |
| Jacques Luis David | pre-eminent painter in France hired by the Didot's to edit illustrations in some of their works |
