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=== In popular culture === * Manutius's name is the inspiration for Progetto Manuzio, an [[Italian language|Italian]] free text project similar to [[Project Gutenberg]].{{sfn|Manuzio|2018}} * A typeface created by [[Hermann Zapf]] was named after Aldus Manutius and dedicated to his memory.{{sfn|TYPE GALLERY β LINOTYPE ALDUS|2018}} * 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.{{sfn|Sais}} * The [[Aldus Corporation]], a software company founded in Seattle in 1985 known for [[PageMaker]] and [[Adobe FreeHand|FreeHand]], was named after Manutius and used his profile as part of their company logo. Aldus was purchased by [[Adobe Systems]] in 1994.{{sfn|Friedlander|2009}} * The ''Aldus Journal of Translation'', a publication from [[Brown University]], is named after Aldus Manutius.{{sfn|Student Publications Spotlight: Aldus Journal of Translation|2016}} * The book ''John Henry Nash: The Aldus of San Francisco'' relates [[John Henry Nash (printer)|John Nash]] to Aldus Manutius and San Francisco to Venice.{{sfn|O'day|1928}} * "Manuzio" ("Manutius" in the English translation) is the name of a [[vanity publisher]] in [[Umberto Eco|Umberto Eco's]] 1988 novel ''[[Foucault's Pendulum]]''.{{sfn|Eco|1989}} * [[Anne Carson]] referenced Manutius while meditating on the poetic connotations of the semicolon in her Northrop Frye lecture on "Stillness" at the University of Toronto's The Centre for Comparative Literature.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKD8S9pQcJo | title=Anne Carson's Public Lecture: "Stillness", Centre for Comparative Literature | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>
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