Bodoni

[buh-doh-nee; for 1 also Italian baw-daw-nee]

noun

Giam·bat·tis·ta

[jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/, 1740–1813, Italian painter and printer.

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

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Examples from the Web for bodoni

Contemporary Examples of bodoni

You start identifying the Helvetica on a subway sign or the Bodoni in a Bible.
Mad About Fonts
Malcolm Jones
October 4, 2011

Historical Examples of bodoni

To Bodoni more than anyone else the so-called modern-face is due.
The Art of the Book
Bernard H. Newdigate
Bodoni settled at Parma, and it was at Parma that he did most of his printing.
Fine Books
Alfred W. Pollard
The majuscules are especially ugly, being nearly always of the modern type which we owe to Bodoni.
The Art of the Book
Bernard H. Newdigate
One of the best specimens of Bodoni's typography is a respectable volume of inscriptions, all written by his friend Pacciaudi.
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2
George Gordon Byron
The pica then produced was an improvement in the style of Bodoni, and quickly raised the foundry to its old position.
A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898
Henry R. Plomer

British Dictionary definitions for bodoni

Bodoni

noun

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

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Word Origin and History for bodoni

Bodoni

1880, typeface based on that used by celebrated Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) of Parma. The modern type of this name is a composite of his many forms.