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Bodoni

American  
[buh-doh-nee, baw-daw-nee] / bəˈdoʊ ni, bɔˈdɔ ni /

noun

  1. Giambattista 1740–1813, Italian painter and printer.

  2. Printing. a style of type based on a design by G. Bodoni.


Bodoni British  
/ bəˈdəʊnɪ /

noun

  1. a style of type designed by the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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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

As Stephanie Bodoni and Natalia Drozdiak write in Bloomberg, this may prove challenging for a continent that prides itself on high standards for personal privacy.

From The Verge Apr. 9, 2020

Any student of colophons — or of those pull-down menus listing digital typefaces — will recognize the name Bodoni, the 18th-century printer and immensely influential type designer.

From Washington Post Dec. 7, 2015

Bodoni, Giambattista, his type commended, 58, 129, 130.

From The Booklover and His Books by Koopman, Harry Lyman

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