Showing posts with label Bodoni. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bodoni. Show all posts

Monday, January 13, 2014

JHA Bodoni Ritalic Font Download

JHA Bodoni Ritalic

The story of Bodoni Ritalic began in 2006. It was a favour for a friend and my starting point dealing with serifed faces. There is one feature which make this type remarkable. It is its reversed tilting angle to the left.

The idea was compelling although there were predecessors, mainly used in cartography. Bodoni faces are a challenge, because of their formal accomplishment. In 2006 my type design capabilities were advancing, but not to the point of reaching a fine and well articulated Bodoni interpretations cut by Heinrich Jost for the Bauersche Gieflerei (German foundry).

So I revised this type completely, with the “Manuale tipografico” of Bodoni as guideline. I learned a lot from the bigger font sizes, therefore I conceptualised Bodoni Ritalic for display purposes above 18pt.

Bodoni would have liked this type?

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Tuesday, December 17, 2013

MPI Bodoni Ultra Font Download

MPI Bodoni Ultra

Old Style is an example of classic roman type design. It has little contrast in stroke weight, small rounded serifs, open characters, and is very easy to read. It is based on wood type of unknown origin.

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Wood Type Bodoni JNL Font Download

Wood Type Bodoni JNL

Wood Type Bodoni JNL is a variant of the popular ultra bold version of the classic Bodoni design, with variants in character widths and shapes.

Based on a vintage set of wood type, the “hairline” strokes of the 4 and 8 have been made ever-so-slightly thicker in spots to add a modest amount of additional contrast.

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