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.

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Bodoni British  

/ bəˈdəʊnɪ /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

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