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	Bodoni - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Bodoni is a typeface designed by Giambattista Bodoni (February 16, 1740 in Saluzzo – November 29, 1813 in Parma), an Italian engraver, publisher, printer and typographer of high repute.
		Bodoni was appointed printer to the court of Parma in 1768.
		The serifs of Bodoni, in addition to being very thin, are also nearly perpendicular to the main stem, as opposed to the gently sloping serifs of the so-called "oldstyle" typefaces.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bodoni (468 words)

	Giambattista Bodoni
		The son of a printer, Giambattista Bodoni was born on February 16, 1740 in Saluzzo, Italy.
		Bodoni learned his trade well and in 1768 he was given the position of Director of the Stamperia Reale, the Royal press for the Duke of Parma, where he remained the rest of his life.
		Bodoni said,"Philosophy and the best literature impel a cultured taste more and more toward simplicity and restriction to essentials and toward a preference over all others for the beauty which has no borrowed plumes...
	users.1st.net /jweinstein/AA210f/Type210/Bodoni.html (260 words)

	Giambattista Bodoni -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni was one of the pioneers of modern book design in the late 18th century.
		Baskerville, Bodoni, and the Didots refined their types by accentuating the difference between the heavy line and hairline of a letter.
		Bodoni is regarded as the father of the modern roman type.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9080370?tocId=9080370 (592 words)

	Bodoni and Mezzofanti (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bodoni supported himself and his companion upon the way by the sale of his little engravings, which are now prized as curiosities in the art.
		Bodoni's wife, who, upon his death in 1813, succeeded to his vast establishment, was, like her husband, highly cultivated, and a most amiable and excellent woman.
		Bodoni was the printer of De Rossi's " Epithalamium" of Prince Charles Emmanuel, in twenty-five languages, alluded to in page 33.
	www.how-to-learn-any-language.com /e/mezzofanti/biography/3.10-Bodoni.html (368 words)

	AllRefer.com - Giambattista Bodoni (Libraries, Books, And Printing, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		With Baskerville in England and the Didot family in France, Bodoni was a leader in originating pseudoclassical typefaces.
		These were distinguished from the "old style" of Caslon by emphasizing the contrast of light and heavy lines and by long, level serifs.
		Bodoni's most notable publications include folio editions of Horace (1791), Vergil (1793), The Divine Comedy (1795), and Homer (1808).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/Bodoni-G.html (284 words)

	Octavo Editions: Bodoni Tipografico
		These typefaces and decorative materials were the culmination of more than forty years of devotion by Bodoni to the typographic arts, both in his capacity as printer to the Duke of Parma, and as the owner of his own private press and typefoundry.
		At the time of his death Bodoni was working on the first volume of this book, of which only 250 copies of the two-volume set were later published by his widow Margherita.
		Bodoni emphasizes good paper and strong ink, for example, and he advocates calendaring, the process of putting the sheet under a roller after it is printed to make it smoother.
	secure.octavo.com /editions/bodtip (599 words)

	Download Bodoni Font Family - Linotype.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) was called the King of Printers; he was a prolific type designer, a masterful engraver of punches and the most widely admired printer of his time.
		Bodoni saw this style as beautiful and harmonious-the natural result of writing done with a well-cut pen, and the look was fashionable and admired.
		When used with care, the Bodoni types are both romantic and elegant, with a presence that adds tasteful sparkle to headlines and advertising.
	www.linotype.com /170/bodoni-family.html (569 words)

	Families of Type
		Giambattista Bodoni: In the late 18th century, the new attitude toward type design was exemplified by Fournier and Didot in France, and most importantly by Giambattista Bodoni in Italy.
		Bodoni had been hired by Duke Ferdinand of Parma, a noted patron of the arts, to establish a premiere royalty press.
		Bodoni’s desire was a type which was suitable for contemporary times rather than the age of the scribe.
	graphicdesign.sfcc.spokane.cc.wa.us /tutorials/process/type_basics/modern.htm (502 words)

	Giambattista Bodoni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Born near Turin, Giambattista Bodoni was the fourth son of a master printer.
		Bodoni's influence was enormous and his design held sway throughout the 19th century.
		In 1907, Morris Fuller Benton recut ATF Bodoni which is still in use today.
	www.identifont.com /show?22Q (196 words)

	Comic creator: Paul Bodoni
		Paul Bodoni Derksen was born in Ouderkerk, along the Amstel.
		Bodoni published illustrations and strips in magazines such as Aloha, Oor, Hitkrant, Jippo, Okki, Taptoe, Hello you!, Ezelsoor, de Vrije Balloen/de Balloen, de Kraakkrant, Gezellig en Leuk, Leesblad de Mensch, and Het Parool newspaper.
		Bodoni has never stopped drawing on the edge and on the end of the world.
	lambiek.net /artists/b/bodoni_paul.htm (235 words)

	Bauer Bodoni Central European font. Fonts for Windows and Mac
		Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) was called the King of Printers and the Bodoni font owes its creation in 1767 to his masterful cutting techniques.
		Bodoni's influence on typography was dominant until the end of the 19th century and even today inspires new creations.
		Bauer Bodoni is a Trademark of Fundicion Typografica Neufville.
	www.paratype.com /fstore/fonts/Bauer-Bodoni_CE.htm (301 words)

	Veer: Products: Type: Adobe: Bauer Bodoni Std 2
		Bauer Bodoni is closest to the original Bodoni in its proportions and characteristic refinement and delicacy.
		Bodoni was designed by and named after the prolific Giambattista Bodoni of Parma, Italy, who designed his famous types at the end of the eighteenth century.
		Bodoni is one of the signifiers of the modern style of type design, with its dramatic difference in thick and thin letter strokes, severe vertical stress, and extremely fine, delicate serifs and hairlines.
	www.veer.com /products/typedetail.aspx?image=ADT0003233 (168 words)

	Veer: Products: Type: Adobe: Bodoni Std 2
		Giambattista Bodoni of Parma, Italy, designed and cut his typefaces at the end of the eighteenth century.
		The Bodoni types were the culmination of nearly 300 years of evolution in roman type design, in which fine hairlines contrast sharply with bolder stems, and serifs are often unbracketed.
		Bodoni is recognized by its high contrast between thick and thin strokes, pure vertical stress, and hairline serifs.
	www.veer.com /products/typedetail.aspx?image=ADT0003086 (127 words)

	x-height: FontHaus' Online Magazine : You Say Bodoni...
		The FF Bodoni family took Weischer approximately two years to complete and is genuinely one of the closest versions to the original Roman, with a variety of authentic Bodoni ornaments.
		The italic also represents true Bodoni letter shapes, but falls shy of the 18th-century italic angle, preferring the 20th century norm of II to I3 degrees instead of the 16 to 18 degrees for the period.
		Of all the Bodoni faces created over the years, these latest two, FF Bodoni Classic and ITC Bodoni, come closed to deserving the use of the name by means of their diligent research and interpretive design.
	www.fonthaus.com /xheight/bodoni.cfm (1565 words)

	Esperfonto - Bodoni Type Sample (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Giambattista Bodoni of Parma, Italy (also famous for its ham) designed his typefaces at the end of the 1700's.
		Bodoni was revolutionary because it had much sharper shapes, more contrast such as bolder stems and hairlines.
		The newest version is ITC's Bodoni, a face that is probably closest to the Bodoni's original than any other.
	www.will-harris.com /bod.htm (166 words)

	GIAMBATTISTA BODONI - LoveToKnow Article on GIAMBATTISTA BODONI (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The infante Don Ferdinand, ifterwards duke of Parma, having established, about 1760, a rinting-house on the model of those in Paris, Madrid and Turin, Bodoni was placed at the head of this establishment, which he ;oon rendered the first of the kind in Europe.
		The beauty of his typography, andc., leaves nothing further to be desired; but the,ntrinsic value of his editions is seldom equal to their outward splendour.
		See De Lama, T/ita del Cavaliere Giambattista Bodoni (1816).
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BO/BODONI_GIAMBATTISTA.htm (254 words)

	Bodoni Overview (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The itc Bodoni is a revival, based on Giambattista Bodoni’s original types.
		There are three size specific versions – Six, Twelve, and Seventy-two point, Swash Italics for the Seventy-two, and a set of ornaments.
		Stone has also recently digitized a set of Display Figures from Bodoni’s famous Manuale Tipografico of 1818.
	www.stonetypefoundry.com /html_pages/BodoniOverview.html (51 words)

	Escopazzas Giancarla Bodoni - Runners World (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		In 1993, Giancarla Bodoni was an art student, working at a sidewalk café in Miami to help pay her tuition.
		Although most of her works of art are edible these days, Bodoni hasn't given up painting.
		She especially likes this linguini with Genovese pesto dish because of the energizing carbs from the pasta, the muscle-building protein from the pine nuts, and the heart-healthy fats from the olive oil.
	www.runnersworld.com /article/0,5033,s6-197-0-0-7630,00.html (460 words)

	Monotype Bodoni Font - Fonts.com
		Bodoni expresses the beginning of the Industrial Revolution; its serifs are flat, think and unbracketed, while the stress is always on the mathematically vertical strokes.
		Bodoni believed in plenty of white space and therefore descenders are long.
		The M is rather narrow; in the Q the tail at first descends vertically and the R has a curled tail.
	www.fonts.com /findfonts/detail.asp?pid=205258 (203 words)

	Print: ITC Bodoni. (typography)@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		However, some problems convinced ITC's development team to abandon this goal and to aim, instead, at designing three variants based on specific Bodoni faces.
		The ITC Bodoni 6 roman is based on the Filosofia 10 (Bassano), the ITC Bodoni 72 roman is based on the Papale (Saluzzo) and the ITC Bodoni 72 italic on the Imperiale (Tivoli) italic.
		"Giambattista Bodoni's type is perhaps the most majestic, most carefully constructed, and most carefully drawn in the 500-year...
	www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1G1:16744645&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf (198 words)

	Bodoni Egyptian™ font family : MyFonts
		Bodoni Egyptian is not a true monoline – the vertical strokes are adjusted, made thicker for optical balance.
		But the overall impression of a monoline face is retained by avoiding the Clarendon-like thinning-out of joints that’s found in the bolder weights of Beton, Rockwell, etc. And most distinctively, the capitals and lower case have the same stroke weight.
		Bodoni Egyptian is the “oldest” slab serif typeface, with the quaintest letter forms, e.g.
	www.myfonts.com /fonts/shinn/bodoni-egyptian?refby=typographica (307 words)

	Typeface: Bodoni
		Bodoni can be seen as the outcome of a movement initiated by by Baskerville in England and extended by the Didot family in France.
		Bodoni was meticulous is the design and print quality of his publications, produced under the patronage of
		But he seems to have been relatively indifferent to the text, as his beautiful editions are marred by numerous typos.
	www.rightreading.com /typehead/bodoni.htm (167 words)

	Typebox / Thinkbox / History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		After the initial developments in typography of early Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo influences created a shift in typography called Classicism (1600-1800) —where the term “transitional roman” comes from.
		Italian Giambattista Bodoni was the contemporary counterpart to the Didots, also developing Modern Style faces using geometry.
		This 1800 specimen of Bodoni illustrates how typography and type design is removed from written, calligraphic models.
	www.typebox.com /3thinkbox/3hist3_2.html (1539 words)

	daidala: words on letters
		And finally, you’ll find a link to ITC Bodoni, a typeface that many consider to be the truest digital interpretation of any Bodoni available.
		Interestingly, the cut of ITC Bodoni that is perhaps used most often – the 12-point – was not designed directly but rather is the result of an electronic interpolation between the small and large sizes.
		And in contrast to FF Bodoni Classic, which is another faithful interpretation, the ITC issue is far less showy.
	www.daidala.com /27jul2003.html (741 words)

	JRULM: Special Collections Guide: Bodoni Collection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The Library's collection of books printed by Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813), the greatest Italian printer of the period, includes eight duplicates and twenty items not recorded by Giani or Renouard.
		Authors printed by Bodoni include Longus, Torquato Tasso, Lodovico Ariosto, Francesco Petrarch, Giovanni Battista Guarini, Giovanni Fantoni, Luigi Cerretti, Prospero Manara and Maria Luisa Cicci.
		Available in Manchester are both the 1795 and 1796 editions of Dante, the earlier being copy number 42 presented by Bodoni to Lord Spencer.
	rylibweb.man.ac.uk /data2/spcoll/bodoni (157 words)

	Bodoni
		Bodoni was director of the press of the Duke of Parma in Italy.
		His early types were based on those of Fournier and Didot, but he developed the designs to become, what are now considered to be, the first of the Modern faces.
		The contrast of thick and thin in the Bodoni faces can produce a sparkling effect on the page, use sparingly in text, good for headlines and display.
	www.ascendercorp.com /msfonts/bodoni.html (136 words)

	Bodoni (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Bodoni is a typeface designed by Giambattista Bodoni (February 16, 1740 in Saluzzo – November 29, 1813 in Parma), an Italian engraver, publisher, printer and typographer of high repute.
		Some digital typographers are rediscovering the older lore of "optical scaling", and we can look forward to new revivals designed more to please the eye than to satisfy mathematical principles.
		The following paragraph is in some version of Bodoni, if at least one of them is installed on your machine.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/B/Bodoni.htm (541 words)

	Graphic Design Publishing - Bodoni Open from Phil's Fonts
		This version of Bodoni Open was forged by Ralph Smith the president and owner of Phil's Fonts for their in-house font collection.
		Ralph is also a member of TypeRight, an organization whose mission is to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property.
		So when you come upon a design project, or a client who absolutely has to portray the very best there is, Bodoni Open will send that visual message to all readers who see it.
	www.graphic-design.com /Type/Bodoni/bodoni2.html (480 words)

	Poster Bodoni font. Fonts for Windows and Mac
		Chauncey H. Griffith's Poster Bodoni displays characteristics of the advertisement fonts of the first half of the 20th century.
		Poster Bodoni is a Trademark of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions, exclusively licensed through Linotype Library GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG.
		Linotype license allows you to use the Poster Bodoni typeface on up to five CPUs and one printer connected with these CPUs.
	www.paratype.com /fstore/fonts/Poster-Bodoni.htm (294 words)

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