Bodoni

[ buh-doh-nee; Italian baw-daw-nee ]

noun

1. Giam·bat·tis·ta [jahm-baht-, tees, -tah], 1740–1813, Italian painter and printer.
2. Printing. a style of type based on a design by G. Bodoni.

Bodoni

/ bəˈdəʊnɪ /

noun

1. a style of type designed by the Italian printer Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813)

Example Sentences

Walk into any bookshop and you’ll find that a good number of book covers feature Bodoni, a typeface created by Giambattista Bodoni in the late 18th century.

From New York Times

Brandizzo Mayor Paolo Bodoni said there were indications that the crew of the train was unaware there were workers on the tracks, reported La Stampa, a newspaper in Piedmont’s main city, Turin.

From Seattle Times

Antiquarian book dealer Giambattista "Yambo" Bodoni suffers a stroke and awakens from the fog of a coma to discover he has lost the part of his memory that holds personal experiences.

From Los Angeles Times

Any student of colophons — or of those pull-down menus listing digital typefaces — will recognize the name Bodoni, the 18th-century printer and immensely influential type designer.

From Washington Post

Inspiration came from type fonts Didot and Bodoni, which he said had an appealing strength and sensitivity.

From Reuters