Eudald Pradell
Eudald Pradell (1721–1788) was a typographer. He was born in Ripoll in Catalonia, a little village below the Pyrenees, and belonged to a family of gunsmiths. Pradell learned the armourer's trade from his father and studied the craft of punchcutting.
Eudald Pradell
- Full name
- Josep Eudald Maria Pradell.
- Born
- 1721. · Ripoll.
- Died
- 1788. · Barcelona.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- typographer, engraver and typesetter.
- Languages
- Catalan.
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Eudald Pradell (1721–1788) was a typographer. He was born in Ripoll in Catalonia, a little village below the Pyrenees, and belonged to a family of gunsmiths. Pradell learned the armourer's trade from his father and studied the craft of punchcutting.
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He established his own workshop in Barcelona. Although he was illiterate, he produced one of the most admired typefaces ever cut in Spain. King Carlos III gave him a pension in order to provide new typefaces at the Imprenta Real in Madrid, where he eventually moved and set up his own foundry.
Eudald Pradell is recorded with the occupation typographer. Recorded as typographer, engraver and typesetter. Recorded at birth as Josep Eudald Maria Pradell.
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1721
Eudald Pradell was born on 1 January 1721.
1788
Eudald Pradell died on 7 December 1788.
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Ripoll.
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