Bodoni font
Bodoni history...
Giambattista Bodoni
| Italian engraver, publisher, typographer and printer Date of Birth: 16.02.1740 Country: Italy |
Content:
- Biography of Giambattista Bodoni
- Early Life and Education
- Work at the Vatican
- Career in Parma
- Later Years and Legacy
Biography of Giambattista Bodoni
Giambattista Bodoni was an Italian engraver, publisher, typographer, and printer who developed a typeface family called 'Bodoni'.
Didot
It includes around a hundred fonts, including Cyrillic ones, and is still used today.
Early Life and Education
Giambattista Bodoni, the son of printer Francesco Agostino, was born on February 16, 1740, in the town of Saluzzo in the Piedmont region of Italy.
He learned the trade of his father and grandfather from a young age. At the age of 18, on February 15, 1758, he went to Rome, following in the footsteps of his grandfather, who was a typesetter at the Vatican.
Work at the Vatican
On the recommendation of the prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelizat
