| Description |
749 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm |
| Contents |
Giambattista Bodoni - Manuale tipografico (1818): Bodoni's Typography in Historical Perspective / Stephan Fussel -- Manuale tipografico del Cavaliere Giambattista Bodoni: reprint of the copy owned by Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preussischer Kulturbesitz -- Texts from the Manuale tipografico: Dedication -- The widow Bodoni to the reader -- Giambattista Bodoni to the reader |
| Summary |
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. This reprint of Bodoni's masterwork 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. It includes an essay by Stephan Fussel and a translation of the dedication and prefaces to Bodoni's original work |
| Notes |
Previously published: 2010 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 748-749) |
| Audience |
Adult |
| Notes |
Text in English and Italian |
| Subject |
Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813.
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Printers -- Italy -- Parma -- Biography.
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Printing -- Italy -- Parma -- History -- 19th century.
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Type and type-founding -- Specimens.
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Type and type-founding -- Italy -- Parma -- History -- 19th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Author |
Container of (work) Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813.
Manuale tipografico.
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Container of (work) Bodoni, Giambattista, 1740-1813.
Manuale tipografico. Prefazione. English.
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Füssel, Stephan, writer of added commentary
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| ISBN |
9783836520362 |
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