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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)

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At its entrance stands a bust of Bodoni.

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

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

Bodoni, an Italian printer; settled at Parma, where his press was set up in the ducal palace, whence issued magnificent editions of the classics, Horace, Virgil, Tacitus, Tasso, and, last of all, Homer.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin