Giambattista Bodoni of Italy
Born: Saluzzo, Piedmont, 1740
Died: Parma, 1813
Italian punchcutter, typefounder and printer of Parma, admirer of Baskerville. He led in the development of the letterform we call ‘modern’ or ‘didone’, in the last years of the eighteenth century.
Fonts by Giambattista Bodoni
Bodoni, Bodoni, LTC Bodoni 26, Bodoni Classico, Bodoni Stencil, Bauer Bodoni, ITC Bodoni Six, ITC Bodoni Twelve, ITC Bodoni Seventy-Two, Linotype Gianotten
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Activities
Type Design
Typography
Punchcutting
Printing
Publishing
Engraving
Related Links
• Britannica: Bodoni, Giambattista
• Comune di Parma: Museo Bodoniano (Italian)
• Linotype Library Designers: Giambattista Bodoni
• Nicholas Fabian: The father of modern type - Giambattista Bodoni
• Octavo: Giambattista Bodoni's Manuale Tipografico, by David Pankow
• Unos tipos duros: Giambattista Bodoni (Spanish)
• x-height: Bodoni, by Dave Farey
• Graphion: Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813)
• Infoplease: Giambattista Bodoni
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