Bodoni

[ buh-doh-nee; for 1 also Italian baw-daw-nee ]

noun
  1. Giam·bat·tis·ta [jahm-baht-tees-tah], /ˌdʒɑm bɑtˈtis tɑ/, 1740–1813, Italian painter and printer.

  2. Printing. a style of type based on a design by G. Bodoni.

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How to use Bodoni in a sentence

  • You start identifying the Helvetica on a subway sign or the Bodoni in a Bible.

    Mad About Fonts | Malcolm Jones | October 4, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
  • The Cavalier Giovanni Bodoni was one of the most distinguished among modern printers.

  • To Bodoni more than anyone else the so-called modern-face is due.

    The Art of the Book | Bernard H. Newdigate
  • Certainly not; if we except some of the works from the press of Bodoni—which are oftentimes truly brilliant.

    Bibliomania; or Book-Madness | Thomas Frognall Dibdin
  • Bodoni's letters play together with perfect accord, and his pages, as a whole, possess a statuesque if not a decorative beauty.

    The Booklover and His Books | Harry Lyman Koopman
  • In this respect they differ greatly from those of Bodoni, whose types to Morris and his followers appeared weak and ugly.

    The Booklover and His Books | Harry Lyman Koopman

British Dictionary definitions for Bodoni

Bodoni

/ (bəˈdəʊnɪ) /


noun
  1. a style of type designed by the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813)

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