Gerritszoon figured it out: the key to immortality. (Tyndall jumps up out of his seat, howling, “But what is it?” He tugs at his hair. “What is the message?”) Well, it’s in Latin. The Google translation is rough. Keep in mind that Aldus Manutius was born with a different name: he was Teobaldo, and his friends all called him that. So here it is. Here’s Gerritszoon’s message to eternity. SLIDE 9 Thank you, Teobaldo You are my greatest friend This has been the key to everything
His immortaility was in his great friendship with Manutius and what he left behind for the reat of the world: his typeface.
