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BODONI
Giambattista Bodoni’s
Tribute typeface
6type weights available
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What style best suits your Body Shape?
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[bauer bodoni bold italic 30/24pt ] [bauer bodoni black italic, 24/24pt]
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[bauer bodoni small caps & oldstyle figures, 22/16pt]
[bauer bodoni italic, 36pt]PROFILE
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BODONIStyles and wieghts featured in
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BODONIStyles and wieghts featured in
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[bauer bodoni bold 24,8pt] [bauer bodoni roman 42,8,6pt]
[bauer bodoni black italic 48pt][bauer bodoni italic 12pt][bodoni poster ssi 30pt]
[bodoni ant sct reg 34pt][bodo old med db 30pt][bodoni bdcn bt 36pt]
[bodoni flf 36pt][bodoni xt 36pt]
Styles and wieghts featured in
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[bauer bodoni italic oldstyle figures 11/12pt][bauer bodoni roman 11/13pt]
BODONI[bauer bodoni roman, 78pt]
inside[bauer bodoni italic, 72pt]
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Cover Look
We don’t need to use models when the typeface is already this beautiful.
InBODONI
Giambattista Bodoni Profile9 History, craft, beliefs, philosphy & his famous everything about his famous type–face
Standard Keys11 Upper, lower case letters along with standard keys
Bodoni Tributes15 Recommended Tributes
Bodoni’s construction6–7 Beautifully crafted
REGULARS
Body shape12–13 What style best suits your body shape?
Bodoni Boots14 Must have!
Bodoni Ornaments15 Ornaments for this winter and how to make a statement
Famous Quotes 8&10 See through famouos Bodoni’s eyes
Bodoni’s new purpose17 Typeface re–designed for the purpose of...
BODONI[bauer bodoni roman, 78pt]
Vogue Specimen Edition
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Vogue Specimen Edition
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c“Philosophy and the best literature impel a cultured
taste more and more towards simplicity and restriction to essentials and towards a preference over all others for the beauty which has no borrowed plumes… the
type is the one thing which is inevitably necessary, and to it all else is subserviant”.
– Giambattista Bodoni
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PROFILE
BODONI iambattista
(February 16th, 1740 – November 29th 1813)
Giambattista Bodoni is a famous Italian typographer.
Bodoni left home at the age of 18 to do a printing apprenticeship, after learning the trade well he was offered the position of Director of the Stamperia Reale, the Royal press for the Duke of Parma, in which he stayed for the rest of his career. Bodoni became a typographer, en–graver, printer and publisher.
First Bodoni was known for creaing decorative typefaces in the French style of Fournier le jeune. He however, changed his style to his well known simplistic and modern face. Bodoni was even known to mix his own inks.
It goes without saying by looking at his work he was a perfectionist.
Bodoni has created a contrast between thick and thin strokes in his types however Bodoni has been criticized for creating type that tends to “dazzle” users because of this fact. Despite this Bodoni still “deservedly gained worldwide acceptance among printers.”
Giambattiista Bodoni was apparently inspired by John Baskerville whom he met at 28 years old, John designed the type face Baskerville.
Bodoni was the fourth son of a master printer. So some would say he was born into pursuing this type of career.
• Unbracketed hairline serifs• Hairline horizontal strokes• Contrasted dramatically by thick stems• Types lack the rhythmic, calligraphic
flow• Punch cutting for fine serifs• Requires enormous skill for cutting,
striking matrices and casting metal type
“The letters don’t get their true delight, when done in haste & discomfort, nor merely done
with diligence & pain, but first when they are created with
love and passion.”
Unflagged by his famous rivalry with Didot, in his life Bodoni designed and personally engraved 298 typefaces, and the various printing houses he managed produced roughly 1,200 fine editions.
After his death at Parma, 1813, his widow published Il Manuale tipografico (The Manual of Typography), presenting 373 characters, 34 Greek and 48 Oriental or exotic ones.
William Morris considered Bodoni’s mechanical perfection in typography the ultimate example of modern ugliness. On his chest, when examining his dead body they found the deep scar left by the bar of the printing press.
Bondoni’s type is used in various ways regarding advertisements, magazine publishing, newspaper publishing, merchandised and fashion related goods, logos, album covers, hotel menus and manuscripts.
Well-known brands who have used Bodoni include; Vogue magazines, Hilton Hotels (for their menu’s), Mamma Mia (movie posters), Narvana (album covers), Lady Gaga (logo and album) covers, Elizabeth Arden, Clavin Klien (logo), Armani Exchange (logo), Tom Clancy’s (novel book covers).
Beaur Bodoni is known for:
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[bauer bodoni roman 30pt][bauer bodoni roman 6pt]
Short pear shapeBODONI Oldstyle Figures is
perfect for those short meaty paragraphs.
What STYLE best suits your body shape?
“Oh baby, you’vegot some seriously sexy curves and a body most women would die for!
It’s time to throw away those
baggy jumpers and tops.”
Short hourglass body Match the curves of your text
body with BODONI’S Italic Oldstyle Figures.
Tall apple shape
Tall but bold? BODONI bold is a perfect match.
“I bet you get all the compliments don’t
you? With your slim frame and medium height, you are most women’s idea of the
perfect figure. But we know that you struggle with
creating curves.”
Medium-height slender shape
BODONI’S Roman slender face enhances the slim, tall and sleekshape everyone is after!
“Hello fresh and fruity lady! You
have a super-feminine, rounded apple shape and have a typical body shape for many
British women. On the tall side, you have the advantage of height to stretch out your body so you should invest in wide, curved belts to cinch in your waist. Avoid skinny straps
and fussy decorative detail, as this will make your body
look bigger.”
“Oh you gorgeous
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Venus.
Don’t hide your beautiful bottom away
accentuate it! Your trick is to slim your
hips with A-line skirts and loose trousers and broaden
your slender shoulders to balance out your
frame.”
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Tall pear shapeBodoni Black is great to makea fiesty statement.
Short apple shapeCurved and bold body shape =
BODONI’S Black Italic.
“Oh honey it’s time to hit the catwalk
because you have a serious model grade figure. But while your friends say they’d die for your body,
we both know that secretly you’d love bigger boobs
and a boost to your booty.”
Tall slender shapeBODONI Bold Condensed just like your
body!
“Lady, check out you sexy curves!
With your good height and curvaceous figure,
you can take advantage of all types of classic cuts.
Short, fitted jackets that cinch at the waist and finish
just below your hips will elongate your body,
showing off your legs Medium height hourglassBodoni Italic medium hieght witha curvy punch.
“Oh honey, you are a fresh and
fruity apple shape. Rounded and curvaceous, you have
a super feminine body and a typical shape for many British women. Belts are your new best
friend because they draw attention to your waist and
create the illusion of curves.”
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beauty! Botticelli had
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female perfection his vision of Venus.
Voluptuous women have been driving men wild for
centuries so make the most of your assets instead of
hiding them.
Must have bootsBODONI
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[bauer bodoni black condensed 38pt] [bauer bodoni small caps & oldstyle figures 12pt]
[bauer bodoni bold 24pt, bauer bodoni roman 42pt, bauer bodoni roman 8pt, bauer bodoni bold 24pt, bauer bodoni bold 8pt, bauer bodoni roman 8pt, bauer bodoni roman 6pt]
[bauer bodoni italic oldstyle figures 36/30pt][bauer bodoni black 36/30pt]
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Must have boots
Bodoni tributes[bauer bodoni black italic 48pt]
Bodoni BdCn BT
Bodoni doesn’t just stop here! There is plenty more Bodoni beauty available!
Bodo Old Med DB
Bodoni XT
Bodoni FLF
Bodoni Ant SCT Reg
Bodoni Poster SSi
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