Definition of Bodoni

1. Noun. Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813).

Exact synonyms: Gianbattista Bodoni
Generic synonyms: Pressman, Printer

2. Noun. A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes.
Exact synonyms: Bodoni Font, Modern, Modern Font
Generic synonyms: Proportional Font
Antonyms: Old Style

Lexicographical Neighbors of Bodoni

Bockhart's impetigo
Bodansky unit
Boddhisatva
Bodecker index
Bodega Miwok
Boden
Bodge
Bodhisattva
Bodian's copper-protargol
Bodleian
Bodo
Bodo-Garo
Bodo caudatus
Bodo saltans
Bodo urinarius
Bodoni (current term)
Bodoni font
Bodos
Body of Christ
Boeck's disease
Boeck's sarcoid
Boehm
Boehme
Boehmenism
Boehmer's haematoxylin
Boehmeria
Boehmeria nivea
Boeing
Boeings
Boeotia

Literary usage of Bodoni

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Voyages historiques et littéraires en Italie: pendant les années 1826, 1827 by New York Magdalen Society, Antoine Claude Pasquin Valery (1831)
"L'imprimerie de Bodoni est maintenant continuée par sa veuve ; on y voit encore les ... Si les éditions de Bodoni, vantées, encouragées par Napoléon et sa ..."

2. How to Collect Books by J. Herbert ( Slater (1905)
"... son—The Junta—Geoffrey Tory—Etienne Dolet and Bodoni— English printers—John Daye—Baskerville—The Strawberry Hill and other Presses—The Kelmscott, Vale, ..."

3. A General Biographical Dictionaryby John G. Gorton by John G. Gorton (1851)
"... and Bodoni. He was a native of Saragossa, and exercised his profession at Madrid, where he died in 1785, ..."

4. Printing Types: Their History, Forms, and Use; a Study in Survivals by Daniel Berkeley Updike (1922)
"Its director, Ruggeri, a learned man, was kind to Bodoni, and encouraged him in trying to improve himself—even at that early date we find ..."

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