sentences:  Jodocus Badius Ascensius (Josse Bade) in partnership with Henri Estienne established a press in Paris in 1503.Printing with undeveloped Roman and half-Gothic types, the French pair were too occupied meeting the demand for Humanistic and classical texts to design any original types of their own.French books nonetheless began to follow the format established by Italian printers, and Lyon and Paris became the new centers of activity.