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BODONI TYPE SPECS
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- The typeface Bodoni was created by Giabattista Bodoni in 1798, which was during the early stages of the Napoleonic era (1740–1813).
-Behind the Bodoni typeface, Giabattista, also known as “The King of Prints” was influenced by the old style typefaces, which were Baskerville and Didot.
- He decided to give it a modern look, with adding more stroke contrast and a more vertical, slightly condensed upper case to make it more attractive to it’s audience.
- Bodoni is a series of serif typefaces
- There are 7 variations in the Bodoni family; Book, book italic, roman, italic, bold, bold italic and bold condensed
Essential Function
- The main function of this typeface was to maximize the stroke and create a large contrast leading to a very clean and sleek typeface
- Overall the font gives a more corporate look
- Bodoni creates a high contrast with each letter which is the most unique aspect
- For an example, the letter “A” has more stroke on the vectical angle than its predecessors font and has no bracket on Bodoni’s baseline compared to Baskerville
At a Glimpse
- Baskerville had a great impact on Bodoni because it was the font that influenced the typeface to be created.
- Bodoni was the first in history to accomplish such a great contrast. Printing in the 1800's with Bodoni would create ink blobs, advance in technology made it possible to print in that typeface.
- Bodoni was known for its spectacular characteristics which consisted of: High contrast from thick and thin strokes, unbracketed thin serifs, horizontal weight , small aperture
Contemporary Use
Usually incorporated in magazines, books, logos, vintage posters
How We Would Use it Today
- Bodoni is know to influence many other serif fonts that are used for book publishing today
Design Logic
- Black, white and red colour palette
- Layout tries to follow a modular, geometric pattern to at least follow some sort of guideline
- Includes different point sizes through out the poster
- Simple and plain
THE END
By: Maggie, Daniel and Mikey
- https://www.myfonts.com/fonts/linotype/bodoni/
- http://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/bodoni
- http:/ifoundmedinosaurs.wordpress.com/2011/11/25/bodoni-the-history-of/
- http://martyn-wise.blogspot.ca/2008/11/bodoni-fonts-- history-uses.html
- http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/BodoniXT
- http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/libre-baskerville
- http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Theano-Didot
- http://www.linotype.com/1508/posterssignpostingcalendars.html
- http://prezi.com/-anftwwsphbi/copy-of-bodoni/
- http://www.identifont.com/show?22Q
- http://www.susanellsworth.com/copywriting/bodoni.html
Unique Traits
Usage
Historical Significance
Type Specs
Today
Variations in The Font Family
Discovering Bodoni
Group Art Work
Origin
Based on Jim Harvey's speech structures