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Giambattista Bodoni (/ b ə ˈ d oʊ n i /, Italian: [dʒambatˈtista boˈdoːni]; 16 February 1740 [1] – 30 November 1813) was an Italian typographer, type-designer, compositor, printer, and publisher in Parma.
Bodoni was the favorite typeset of Ted Hughes, UK Poet Laureate, 1984–1998. [32] Bodoni was used as Nirvana's logo font starting with their debut album, Bleach, and being used on all subsequent releases [33] [34] In the early days the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust used Bodoni Book for the text in most of its publications, especially Srimad-Bhagavatam.
Along with Giambattista Bodoni of Italy, Firmin Didot is credited with establishing the use of the Didone or "Modern" style of serif typefaces. The types that Didot used are characterized by extreme contrast in thick strokes and thin strokes, by the use of hairline serifs and by the vertical stress of the letters.
It amalgamates the surnames of the famous typefounders Firmin Didot and Giambattista Bodoni, whose efforts defined the style around the beginning of the nineteenth century. [1] The category was known in the period of its greatest popularity as modern or modern face, in contrast to "old-style" or "old-face" designs, which date to the Renaissance ...
The Amoretti (San Pancrazio Parmense [], 18th to 19th centuries) were a family of type-engravers, printers, mechanics, and blacksmiths of the Duchy of Parma.They were initially friends and pupils of the printer Giambattista Bodoni, although they ultimately parted ways with him to establish their own printing house and type foundry in 1791, in direct competition with their mentor.
Facsimile of sample published with genuine Bodoni types by the Officina Bodoni in 1925. The font shown is the digital Bodoni Monotype c. 1999. Didot type Revival designed in 1991 by Adrian Frutiger for Linotype foundry. True modern romans arrived with the types of the Italian Giambattista Bodoni and the French Didots.
Didot is the name of a family of French printers, punch-cutters and publishers.Through its achievements and advancements in printing, publishing and typography, the family has lent its name to typographic measurements developed by François-Ambroise Didot and the Didot typeface developed by Firmin Didot.
Walbaum-style typefaces are "rational" in design, with minimal serifs and strong contrast between thin horizontal and thick vertical strokes, following the work of typefounders such as Firmin Didot and Giambattista Bodoni. [5] [6] [7] They are often used in publishing and remain very popular in Germany.