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Filosofia 8 Numbers 9 History 10 Font Anatomy 11 Characters Weight

Bodoni 12 Numbers 13 History 14 Font Anatomy 15 Characters Weight


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Didot

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The Didot Font Family began in Paris when Firmin Didot began work on a collection of related type fonts. Didot is a modern Serif typeface. The typeface was known for its increasing stroke contrast and more condensed armature, much like John Baskeille’s fonts of the timeThe font is considered a neoclassical font with a similar style. Didot has twelve weights that include Old Style Figures, beautifully designed graphic elements and an elegant headline version.

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02 1 34 657 89


Characters Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Yy Zz

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Bodoni

and is 1798 it was first designed by Giambattisa Bodoni in generally considered a “transitional” font type. Bodoni was a prolific type font designer and this particular font was highly influenced by the work of John Baskerville, a designer whose work Bodoni followed. The font, with its highly recognizable centered “Q” tail and slight hook in the “J”, was widely accepted by printers and can be seen in a broad variety of 1700s publications and uses since the late

M o r r i s Fu l l e r B e n t o n

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012 34 567


Characters Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt Uu Vv Xx Yy Zz

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