Didone (typography)
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Didone is a genre of serif typeface that emerged in the late 18th century and was the standard style of general-purpose printing during the 19th century. It is characterized by:
Didot's type in the Code civil des Français, printed by the company of Firmin Didot in 1804
Two pages from Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico, a posthumous showcase of his work and engraving by his wife
The 1861 title page of Great Expectations in the sharp, high-contrast Didone type of the period. Popular at the time, the style had disappeared almost completely by the middle of the twentieth century.
Fat-face type on a poster, London, c. 1840s
Fat face
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In typography, a fat face letterform is a serif typeface or piece of lettering in the Didone or modern style with an extremely bold design. Fat face typefaces appeared in London around 1805–1810 and b
Early theatre poster, 1808: all text is in fonts similar to body text faces.
1818 poster; complete change in style. Fat face, or at least bold, letterforms used throughout; the main heading is in an inline italic design.
Early typeface in what became the fat face style by Robert Thorne in his 1803 specimen