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Bodoni

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: Bodoni

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n
Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)
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n
a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: Bodoni
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n Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)

Synonyms:
Gianbattista Bodoni
Example of:
pressman, printer
someone whose occupation is printing
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n a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

Synonyms:
Bodoni font, modern, modern font
Antonyms:
old style, old style font
a typeface (based on an 18th century design) distinguished by irregularity and slanted ascender serifs and little contrast between light and heavy strokes
Type of:
proportional font
any font whose different characters have different widths
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