Bodoni Classico™ Font Family

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Giabattista Bodoni – born 16. 2. 1740 in Saluzzo, Piedmont, Italy, died 30. 11. 1813 in Parma, Italy – engraver, type designer, typographer, printer, publisher. 1758–66: typesetter in the Vatican’s Propaganda Fide printing works. 1766: the Duke of Parma invites Bodoni to set up an run a printing works. 1768: begins working in the Stamperia Reale. 1770: opens his own type foundry. 1771: publishes his first typographical contribution "Fregi e Majuscole". 1782: Charles III of Spain names Bodoni [...]

Designer Franko Luin created the following fonts: Ad Hoc, Baskerville™ Classico, Birka™, Bodoni™ Classico, Carniola™, Caslon Classico™, Devin™, Dialog™, Emona™, Esperanto™, Fortuna™, Garamond Classico™, Griffo Classico™, Humana™, Isolde™, Jenson Classico™, Jesper™, Jonatan™, Kalix™, Kasper™, Kis Classico™, Marco Polo™, Memento™, Miramar™, Norma™, Nyfors™, Odense™, Omnibus™, Pax™, Pax™ #2, Persona™, Ragnar™, Res Publica™, Rustika™, Saga™, Semper™, Transport™, Vega™. These fonts are integrated [...]

Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) was called the King of Printers; he was a prolific type designer, a masterful engraver of punches and the most widely admired printer of his time. His books and typefaces were created during the 45 years he was the director of the fine press and publishing house of the Duke of Parma in Italy. He produced the best of what are known as "modern" style types, basing them on the finest writing of his time. Modern types represented the ultimate typographic development of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They have characteristics quite different from the types that preceded them; such as extreme vertical stress, fine hairlines contrasted by bold main strokes, and very subtle, almost non-existent bracketing of sharply defined hairline serifs. Bodoni saw this style as beautiful and harmonious-the natural result of writing done with a well-cut pen, and the look was fashionable and admired. Other punchcutters, such as the Didot family (1689-1853) in France, and J. E. Walbaum (1768-1839) in Germany made their own versions of the modern faces. Even though some nineteenth century critics turned up their noses and called such types shattering and chilly, today the Bodoni moderns are seen in much the same light as they were in his own time. When used with care, the Bodoni types are both romantic and elegant, with a presence that adds tasteful sparkle to headlines and advertising.

Franko Luin's Bodoni Classico™ has thicker thin strokes than other versions of Bodoni. These strokes hold up well at smaller point sizes, making this family a good choice for text or captions.