Bodoni
Americannoun
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Giambattista 1740–1813, Italian painter and printer.
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Printing. a style of type based on a design by G. Bodoni.
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Example Sentences
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Walk into any bookshop and you’ll find that a good number of book covers feature Bodoni, a typeface created by Giambattista Bodoni in the late 18th century.
From New York Times • Feb. 29, 2024
Brandizzo Mayor Paolo Bodoni said there were indications that the crew of the train was unaware there were workers on the tracks, reported La Stampa, a newspaper in Piedmont’s main city, Turin.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 31, 2023
The mayor of Brandizzo, Paolo Bodoni, told local media an investigation was under way.
From BBC • Aug. 31, 2023
European consumer groups, meanwhile, said that Google could be violating European privacy law, Bloomberg’s Stephanie Bodoni reports.
From Washington Post • Jun. 30, 2022
There is not, perhaps, a lovelier little vellum book in existence than the Castle of Otranto, printed by Bodoni in 1796, 8vo.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
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