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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
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
Two pages from Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico, a posthumous showcase of his work and engraving by his wife
Types by the Amoretti Brothers
Types by the Amoretti Brothers
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
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.
Bodoni
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Bodoni is the name given to the serif typefaces first designed by Giambattista Bodoni in the late eighteenth century and frequently revived since. Bodoni typefaces are classified as Didone or modern.
Didone (typography)
…period. Didone types were developed by printers including Firmin Didot, Giambattista Bodoni and Justus Erich Walbaum, whose eponymous typefaces, Bodoni, Didot, and Walbaum, remain in use today. Their goals were to create more elegant designs of printed text, developing the work of John Baskerville in…
Comedia Nueva by Leandro Fernández de Moratín (published under the surename of Inarco Selenio). A title page printed by Bodoni, 1796
Comedia Nueva by Leandro Fernández de Moratín (published under the surename of Inarco Selenio). A title page printed by Bodoni, 1796
Proofs of page decorations from the Bodoni printing house
Proofs of page decorations from the Bodoni printing house
American Type Founder's Ultra Bodoni font in metal type. A derivative of their Bodoni family, the design is not directly based on Bodoni's own work bu
American Type Founder's Ultra Bodoni font in metal type. A derivative of their Bodoni family, the design is not directly based on Bodoni's own work but was very popular in advertising.