Bodoni: Manual of Typography

Bodoni: Manual of Typography

Alphabet legend: The complete reproduction of a typographical masterwork

Official printer for the Duke of Parma, Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) declared that well-designed type derived its beauty from four principles: uniformity of design, sharpness and neatness, good taste, and charm. In his Manuale tipografico, published posthumously in 1818, he distilled these principles into a comprehensive catalog of type and set the standard for printing the alphabet thereafter.

TASCHENâ€™s meticulous reprint of Bodoniâ€™s masterwork celebrates what was an unprecedented degree of technical refinement and visual elegance, as well as exploring the origins of the much-loved Bodoni typeface, still much deployed in both print and digital media. Like the original, the book features 142 sets of roman and italic typefaces, a wide selection of borders, ornaments, symbols, and flowers, as well as Greek, Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, Phoenician, Armenian, Coptic, and Tibetan alphabets.

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Country	USA
Author	Stephan Füssel
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9783836520362
Edition	Bilingual
ISBN	3836520362
Label	Taschen
Manufacturer	Taschen
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	752
PublicationDate	2016-07-15
Publisher	Taschen
Studio	Taschen
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Bodoni: Manual of Typography

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