Back to category: Arts

Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper.

Bondoni Biography

Bodoni felt a passion for his work and thus created regal typefaces that boldly emphasized a clean and crisp edge.

Giambattista Bodoni was born in 1740 in Saluzzo, Italy. His father was a printer, therefore he was also trained in the printing trade from his early youth. At the age of eighteen, he was hired by the Vatican printing house, the Propaganda Fide, in Rome. By 1768, he was given the position of director of the press of Ferdinand, Duke of Parma, which he retained for the rest of his life.

While at the Propaganda Fide, Bodoni was given the task of organizing a neglected collection of typecasting paraphernalia. These consisted of the punches and the matrices for a wealth of exotic typefaces. With the encouragement of Abbot Ruggieri, his current mentor and supervisor, Bodoni soon learned the rudiments of Middle Eastern and Oriental languages. This had profound influence on Bodoni as he later engraved numerous fonts in the languages he learned while with Ruggieri.

Bodoniā€...

Posted by: Arianna Escobar

Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper.