Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813)

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Name (English)
Giambattista Bodoni
Short name
Giambattista Bodoni
Year of birth
1740
Year of death
1813
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"Giambattista Bodoni (/bəˈdoʊni/, Italian: [dʒambatˈtista boˈdoːni]; 26 February 1740 – 30 November 1813) was an Italian typographer, type-designer, compositor, printer, and publisher in Parma.

He first took the type-designs of Pierre Simon Fournier as his exemplars, but afterwards became an admirer of the more modelled types of John Baskerville; and he and Firmin Didot evolved a style of type called "Modern," in which the letters are cut in such a way as to produce a strong contrast between the thick and thin parts of their body. Bodoni designed many typefaces, each one in a large range of type sizes. He is even more admired as a compositor than as a type designer, as the large range of sizes which he cut enabled him to compose his pages with the greatest possible subtlety of spacing. Like Baskerville, he sets off his texts with wide margins and uses little or no illustrations or decorations." - (en.wikipedia.org 14.01.2022)
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  • Klassische Linie in den Bodoni Schriften der Schriftgiesserei H. Berthold AG, D. Stempel AG Probe 86

    Klassische Linie in den Bodoni Schriften der Schriftgiesserei H. Berthold AG, D. Stempel AG Probe 86

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  • Berthold Bodoni Schriften, Probe Nr. 342

    Berthold Bodoni Schriften, Probe Nr. 342

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