![]() Available for Desktop use Available for Digital Ad use Available for Electronic Doc use Available for Web use (Pay As You Go. The Moderns need lots of space (white space and inter-line space), so give them extra leading and generous margins and if you pair a Modern with another face, then make sure it’s not a fussy one, or your page will look like a circus poster designed by a visually impaired dog. The Bodoni font is a well-known serif typeface series that has had a long history of interpretations by many design houses. The statuesque forms of Romantic letters invite the reader to stand outside and look at the letters instead.² It is that rhythm which invites the reader to enter the text and read. When Bodoni was first created it took inspiration from Bakerville and Didot. Romantic letters can be extraordinarily beautiful, but they lack the flowing and steady rhythm of the Renaissance forms. HISTORY In 1798, Giambattista Bodoni (1740 1813) created the typeface Bodoni. ![]() The letters don’t lead our eyes across the page, but rather up and down. Unsurprisingly, Bringhurst brings some clarity to the subject when he writes, They’re generally not suited to setting extended text, as the verticality of the letter forms interferes with the text’s horizontal rhythm. They are elegant, and like all things elegant, look unhurried, calm, and in control. Their vertical axis coupled with strong horizontal stress furnishes them with the stiffness of toy soldiers on parade. There’s something rather clinical about the Moderns, especially in the roman capitals. Though both forms share a common vertical (rationalist) axis, the Moderns have even greater contrast. The top of the upper-case 'W' has four upper terminals. The upper-case 'G' foot has no spur or serif. The upper-case 'J' descends below the baseline. In fact, they both share common influences and the same. Differences Bodoni The '' (dollar) has a double line crossing the 'S'. In my opinion, Didot might not be the most readable font when. There have been several interpretations of Didot created by notable typeface designers such as Adrian Frutiger and Jonathan Hoefler. Whereas the Old Style types are Neoclassical, the Didones are Romantic. Didots typefaces are very similar to Bodonis ones, thought they were more mechanical and precise. Didot is the name given to a group of typefaces named after the famous French printing family active in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The romans of the Modern types owe very little, if anything to the earlier calligraphic forms they are too precise, too sharp, too clean. Abrupt (unbracketed) hairline (thin) serifs.High and abrupt contrast between thick and thin strokes.The Italian type designer, punchcutter and printer Giambattista Bodoni (what a great name! ) drew his influence from the Romains du Roi (with its flat, unbracketed serifs) and the types of John Baskerville (high contrast), for whom he showed great admiration. His types were soon followed by the archetypal Didone from Bodoni. ![]() The first Modern typeface is attributed to Frenchman Firmin Didot, and first graced the printed page in 1784. From the brilliant blog, I Love Typography:
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