Career
He was the first printer north of the Alps to print in Antiqua. Rusch was probably born at Ingweiler in Alsace. In the Rationale divinorum officium, printed by Rusch in 1474, he was the first to use the Antiqua type which had originated in Italy.
In this type Rusch issued Latin classics, including works by Plutarch and Seneca.
Jointly with Mentelin he produced theological and medical works, in the Mentelin typeface. Rusch left behind an extensive correspondence.
In the 19th century his work had not yet been attributed to him and was ascribed to the R-printer because of the peculiar shape of the capital "R" used by him.