Bodoni
Giambattista
[jahm-baht-tees-tah] /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1740–1813, Italian painter and printer.
Printing. a style of type based on a design by G. Bodoni.
Contemporary Examples
Mad About Fonts Malcolm Jones October 3, 2011
Historical Examples
A Short History of English Printing, 1476-1898 Henry R. Plomer
The Art of the Book Bernard H. Newdigate
The Works of Lord Byron, Volume 2 George Gordon Byron
The Booklover and His Books Harry Lyman Koopman
The Booklover and His Books Harry Lyman Koopman
Bibliomania; or Book-Madness Thomas Frognall Dibdin
Fine Books Alfred W. Pollard
Fine Books Alfred W. Pollard
The Art of the Book Bernard H. Newdigate
noun
a style of type designed by the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813)
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