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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 (/ b ə ˈ d oʊ n i /, Italian:) is the name given to the serif typefaces first designed by Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813) in the late eighteenth century and frequently revived since. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Bodoni's typefaces are classified as Didone or modern.
Two pages from Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico, a posthumous showcase of his work and engraving by his wife. Types by the Amoretti Brothers.. Didone types were developed by printers including Firmin Didot, Giambattista Bodoni and Justus Erich Walbaum, whose eponymous typefaces, Bodoni, Didot, and Walbaum, remain in use today.
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.
The Bodoni Museum of Parma is a museum dedicated to Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813), situated in the Palazzo della Pilotta building on the premises of the Palatina Library. [ 1 ] The museum's treasure is composed of thousands of volumes, a rich correspondence and various typographic tools of Bodoni's Printing Office. [ 2 ]
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.
Along with Giambattista Bodoni of Italy, Firmin Didot is credited with designing and establishing the use of the "Modern" classification of 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.
Bodoni series, first American revival of the faces of Giambattista Bodoni. Bodoni (1909) Bodoni Italic (1910) Bodoni Book (1910) Bodoni Book Italic (1911) Bodoni Bold + Italic (1911) Bodoni Bold Shaded (1912) Bodoni Shaded Initials (1914) Card Bodoni (1915) Card Bodoni Bold (1917) Bodoni Open (1918) Bodoni Book Expanded (1924) Ultra Bodoni ...