BO DO NI BAUER
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xquisitely designed
in
1798
B
The
BODONI Typeface was
created by Giambattista
Bodoni
Bauer Bodoni, released 1926, was created by Heinrich Jost
INSPIRA
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John Baskerville
BASKERVILLE BODONI
N
otice the use of antique serifs of BODONI vs BASKERVILLE which only uses clarendon serifs
RATION
M M
Firmin Didot DIDOT BODONI
B
odoni really resembles the Didot typeface. Both use contrasting thick and thin lines with sharp serifs. The main difference between the two are angles and size.
STRUCTURE Serif ABSTRACT Modern Didone CONTRAST
Y
ou might ask yourself what do these three things have in common. They are all classifications that can be associated with Bauer Bodoni
F vs F
Arial
K vs K V vs V
Calibri
Candara
C L A S
Q
a lower case a is double story
T
he capital Q’s tail is directly centered
i
lower case i is dotted with a perfect circle
J
Capital J has a slight hook
Cap height
Sophistic Mean Height Baseline
Descender height
Ascender height
cated Cap height
Ascender height
Elegant Mean Height
Baseline Descender height
y Display text was Bodoni’s main use early on
POSTERS Billboards Ads
B
ecause of its luxurious qualities and popular use a specific style was developed so it could be used in smaller text forms
Acceptable Unacceptable
Bodoni Bodoni Bodoni needs to be properly sized in order to
thin lines. Also without proper character spacing, letters start to blend and reading becomes extremely difficult. preserve
ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ
upper case
abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyz lower case
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“La Fine”