Konstantinos Dimidis
Konstantinos Dimidis (
.Biography
Early life
Konstantinos Dimidis was born in the late 18th century in
In Psara
At the start of the
In Hydra and Nafplio
During the period 1827 – 1828 he worked in the print shop of the Italian Giuseppe Chiappe in Hydra, where the newspaper The Friend of the Law was published.
Later, Konstantinos Dimidis went to Nafplio. On his own initiative, collaborating again with Konstantinos Tompras, he founded the first private print shop there. In 1828 he printed two books with the titles "Arithmetic", by Dionysios Pyrrhos, and "Summary of the Gospel", by Neofytos Nikitopoulos. He then cooperated with Emmanouil Antoniadis, with whom he printed the newspapers "Eos" (1830 – 1831) and "Athens" (1832 – 1833). With Antoniadis, Dimidis manufactured and cast type on site.[1][2][3]
In Ermoupoli and Athens
After the departure of Emmanouil Antoniadis to Athens, Konstantinos Dimids decided to move to Syros. In Ermoupoli, he cooperated with Georgios Melistagis and in 1833 they published a newsletter. Until 1836 they had published 10 titles.
In 1836 Konstantinos Dimidis left Syros. In 1843 he took over the newly founded Department of Type Creation of the Royal Type Shop, where he worked until his death, in 1869.[2]
His contribution
His contribution to the evolution of Greek typography and the formation of Greek types was immense, as he was the only Greek in the years of the Revolution, but even up to the 1850, who could produce high quality types.[2]
References
- ^ a b c "Εταιρεία Μελέτης Έργου Ιωάννη Καποδίστρια, Η Τυπογραφία στην ελλάδα κατά τα έτη 1821 - 1831". Archived from the original on 2017-03-01. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ^ a b c d e "Klimis Mastoriadis, Engraving and casting of greek types in the 19th and 20th century" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-14. Retrieved 2016-12-21.
- ^ ISBN 978-960-560-029-7, retrieved 2020-08-21