Bodoni

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

/ bəˈdoʊ ni; for 1 also Italian bɔˈdɔ ni /

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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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How to use Bodoni in a sentence

You start identifying the Helvetica on a subway sign or the Bodoni in a Bible.
Mad About Fonts|Malcolm Jones|October 4, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The Cavalier Giovanni Bodoni was one of the most distinguished among modern printers.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
To Bodoni more than anyone else the so-called modern-face is due.
The Art of the Book|Bernard H. Newdigate
Certainly not; if we except some of the works from the press of Bodoni—which are oftentimes truly brilliant.
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness|Thomas Frognall Dibdin

Bodoni's letters play together with perfect accord, and his pages, as a whole, possess a statuesque if not a decorative beauty.
The Booklover and His Books|Harry Lyman Koopman
In this respect they differ greatly from those of Bodoni, whose types to Morris and his followers appeared weak and ugly.
The Booklover and His Books|Harry Lyman Koopman

British Dictionary definitions for Bodoni

Bodoni

/ (bəˈdəʊnɪ) /

noun

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

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