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First designed by Firmin Didot in 1783 Book created by Samantha Chatman March 2010
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Didot comes in a variety of faces. There are originally Didot; regular,bold, and Didot Bold ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ italic. And there is also Linotype Didot, and that includes 12 other font abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz faces for the font Didot.
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Linotype Didot Headline ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Linotype Didot Headline Oldstyle Figures ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Linotype Didot Initials ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz Linotype Didot Oldstyle Figures ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
(Linotype Didot Ornaments 1) Linotype Didot Headline ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXY abcdefghijklmnopqrstuv (Linotype Didot Ornaments 2) ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRST abcdefghijklmnopqrst Linotype Didot Roman ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Linotype Didot Small Caps & Oldstyle Figures ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Linotype Didot Italics ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Linotype Didot Italic Oldstyle Figures ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 Linotype Didot Bold ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
Linotype Didot Bold Oldstyle Figures ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
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The best ways to use Didot in design is for use in books (text), magazines, advertisements, and post( ers.
Linotype Didot Roman 70 pt
our thank Linotype Didot Initials 88 pt
Linotype Didot Italic Oldstyle Figures 88 pt
The best ways to use Didot in design is for use in books (text), magazines, advertisements, and The best ways to use posters. earlier digital versions
Didot in design is for use from a syndrome suffered
called "dazzle"–in which the hairline strokes in smaller point sizes seem as though advertisements, and post( they disappear when printers. ed. in books (text), magazines,
Linotype Didot Italic Oldstyle Figures 291 pt
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Linotype Didot Bold Oldstyle Figures 72 pt
Linotype Didot Headline 72 pt
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Thanks to self kerning and modern uses of the kerning tool, making a headline font is much easier to do. Kerning can either help or hurt a design. But if it is used correctly then it should be very easy help bring together an ad. In this case, Didot is used as the typeface for the magazine Vogue. Why, because Didot
is looks elegant, and it has a romantic and sophisticated feel. We easily recognize the title and many recognize the font–in which is has always been used as the display font for Vogue magazine. Together, they go hand-in-hand–and if it was not kerned, it wouldn’t be as successful.
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Linotype Didot Italic Oldstyle Figures
Linotype Didot Headline Oldstyle Figures
Linotype Didot Roman
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Didot Regular
Linotype Didot Headline Oldstyle Figures
Linotype Didot Italic
Letters are not exactly perfect–as you can see the point of the letterform N descends farther than the baseline.
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Diagonal letterforms of Didot makeperfect anngles. 90ยบ; 45ยบ and 135ยบ degree angles are made by the intersecting shapes present.
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Elega Elega Didot gives text a classic and elegant feel–These faces are characterized by vertical stress, abrupt changes from thick to thin strokes and hairline serifs. The typeface takes inspiration from John Baskerville’s experimentation with increasing stroke contrast and a more condensed armature.
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Didot gives text a classic and el– egant feel–These faces are charac– terized by verti– cal stress, abrupt changes from thick to thin strokes and hairline serifs. The typeface takes inspiration from John Baskerville’s experimentation with increasing stroke contrast and a more con– densed armature. This typeface takes inspiration from John Baskerville’s experimentation with increasing stroke contrast and a more condensed armature.
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