The iPad, Part I: A post about Renais­sance typography

With everyone sharing their thoughts on Apple’s new iPad, I thought I’d share mine, both of them.

1. Is Steve Jobs the new Gutenberg? (See also here and here.) No, but he is possibly the new Aldus Manutius.
2. The iPad introduces two screen formats: portrait at 1024×768 pixels and landscape at 768×1024 pixels. What are the implications for designing layouts?

Two posts, Part I today.