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Of lines from ' first published with Bodoni types by the Officina Bodoni in 1925. Actual font is the digital Bodoni published in 1999.Bodoni is the name given to the serif first designed by (1740–1813) in the late eighteenth century and frequently revived since. Bodoni's typefaces are classified as or modern.
Bodoni followed the ideas of, as found in the printing type —increased stroke contrast reflecting developing printing technology and a more vertical axis—but he took them to a more extreme conclusion. Bodoni had a long career and his designs changed and varied, ending with a typeface of a slightly condensed underlying structure with flat, unbracketed serifs, extreme contrast between thick and thin strokes, and an overall geometric construction.When first released, Bodoni and other didone fonts were called classical designs because of their rational structure. However, these fonts were not updated versions of Roman or Renaissance letter styles, but new designs. They came to be called 'modern' serif fonts; since the mid-20th century, they are also known as Didone designs.Some digital versions of Bodoni are said to be hard to read due to 'dazzle' caused by the alternating thick and thin strokes, particularly as the thin strokes are very thin at small point sizes. This is very common when of font intended for use at display sizes are printed at text size, at which point the hairline strokes can recede to being hard to see.
Versions of Bodoni that are intended to be used at text size are 'Bodoni Old Face', optimized for 9 points; ITC Bodoni 12 (for 12 points); and ITC Bodoni 6 (for 6 points).stated that 'Bodoni is one of the most elegant typefaces ever designed.' In the English-speaking world, 'modern' serif designs like Bodoni are most commonly used in headings and display uses and in upmarket magazine printing, which is often done on high-gloss paper that retains and sets off the crisp detail of the fine strokes.
In Europe, they are more often used in body text. Proofs of page decorations from the Bodoni printing houseThere have been many revivals of the Bodoni typeface; ATF Bodoni and Bauer Bodoni are two of the more successful. Bodoni series created in 1909, was the first American release to be a direct revival of Bodoni's work. All variants were designed by who captured the flavour of Bodoni's original while emphasizing legibility rather than trying to push against the limits of printing technology. This revival is regarded as 'the first accurate revival of a historical face for general printing and design applications'.
However, some details were less based on Bodoni than on the work of his French contemporary Firmin Didot, for example a 't' with a flat rather than slanted top. Bodoni Light + italic (, 1923). True-Cut Bodoni + italic (Wiebking, 1923), based on actual specimens at the. Bodoni Bold + italic (Wiebking, 1930). Bodoni Modern + italic (, 1936), probably the most faithful recutting.
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Damon Type Foundry offered a Bodoni under the name Bartlet. and also produced matrices for machine composition that were somewhat narrower than the foundry type versions.
produced a version which was then licensed to, Amsterdam Type Foundry, and. The version was drawn by in 1926.
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The Bauer version emphasizes the extreme contrast between hairline and main stroke. The series included the following weights.