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History For about 100 years in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, several members of the Didot family were active in Paris as designers. They were also printers, publishers, typefounders, inventors, writers and intellectuals. Around 1800, the Didot family owned the most important print shop and font foundry in France. Pierre Didot published books and prints set in typefaces designed and punchcut by his brother, Firmin Didot. The statuesque, clear forms of the Didot alphabets are representative of the time, and are quite similar to those designed by Giambattista Bodoni around the same time in Italy. These types are in the style known as “modern” meaning they are characterized by extreme vertical stress and fine hairlines contrasted by bold main strokes. Linotype Didot™ was drawn by Adrian Frutiger in 1991, and is based on the fonts cut by Firmin Didot between 1784 and 1811. Frutiger also studied the Didot types in a book printed by the Didots in 1818, “La Henriade” by Voltaire. This beautifully drawn family has 12 weights including Old Style Figures, a headline version, and superb graphic ornaments. Linotype Didot is the right choice for elegant book and magazine designs, as well as advertising with a classic touch.
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Collection Didot’s character’s are elegant, and like all things elegant, look unhurried, calm, and in control. They’re generally not suited to setting extended text, as the verticality of the letter forms interferes with the text’s horizontal rhythm. The letters don’t lead our eyes across the page, but rather up and down.
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High contrast between thick and thin line weights.
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Abrupt serifs
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Small type can be hard to read, because of the great contrast of thick and thin lines.
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This is why didot is not normally used for body copy.
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Once didot is seen in larger type sizes
people start to appreciate the
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Make didot a little
BIGGER and see the true
Beauty in large
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Didot comes in four typefaces, Headline, Italic, Roman, and Bold. They all offer the same elegant look, but emphasis different feelings when being used. The set also offers small caps, all caps and old style figures. Ornaments is also a feature that provides beautiful borders and ornate corners, and graphics. Combining all Didot’s fabulous trends can make for one sophisticated looking composition.
All Caps
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Ornaments
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12345 ABCDEFGHIJKLM 67890 NOPQRSTVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz ROMAN
12345 ABCDEFGHIJKLM 67890 NOPQRSTVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz BOLD
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DIDOT STD $29 each Roman Headline Bold Italic Ornaments
Value Pack $125
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Specimen designed by: Catherine Westerfield
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