| A | B |
|---|
| Simon de Colines | first to cut type with accents |
| Jodocus Badius Ascenius | first printer’s mark to have a printing press |
| Robert Estienne | first to print the Bible with numbered verses |
| King François I | first ruler to exploit the principle of wide, cheap publication |
| Estienne family | obsessed with Latin classics |
| Claude de Garamond | type cutter, not a printer |
| Charlotte Guillard | woman printer |
| Etienne Dolet | printer martyr |
| Champfleury | theoretical treatise on the magnificence of the French language |
| Geoffroy Tory | printers mark is a broken jar |
