A critical appreciation of Bodoni’s romans and italics with James Clough from magic calligraphy Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 41 min 81 sec
✓ Published: 24-Nov-2021

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This talk took place on November 15, 2021, as part of Type@Cooper's Herb Lubalin Lecture Series. The recording and archiving of the events is generously supported by TypeCulture. nnSince his death in 1813, much has been written about Giambattista Bodoni. While Anglo-saxon historians have tended towards severe criticism of his types – we remember William Morris’s extreme and unwarranted pontification “[…] the sweltering hideousness of the Bodoni letter” – the Italians have often gone