Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813) was called the King of Printers
and the Bodoni font owes its creation in 1767 to his masterful
cutting techniques. Predecessors in a similar style were the
typefaces of Pierre Simon Fournier (1712–1768) and the Didot
family (1689–1836). The Bodoni font distinguishes itself through
the strength of its characters and embodies the rational
thinking of the Enlightenment. The new typefaces displaced the
Old Face and Transitional styles and was the most popular
typeface until the mid-19th century. Bodoni’s influence on
typography was dominant until the end of the 19th century and,
even today, inspires new creations. More… available in all of
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