Editing Reforms of French orthography (section)

==16th century==
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Spelling and punctuation before the 16th century was highly erratic, but [[Global spread of the printing press#France|the introduction of printing in 1470]] provoked the need for uniformity.

Several Renaissance humanists (working with publishers) proposed reforms in French orthography, the most famous being [[Jacques Peletier du Mans]] who developed a phonemic-based spelling system and introduced new typographic signs (1550).  Peletier continued to use his system in all his published works, but his reform was not followed.