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Giambattista Bodoni

1740 - 1813

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Giambattista Bodoni (, Italian: [dʒambatˈtista boˈdoːni]; 16 February 1740 – 30 November 1813) was an Italian typographer, type-designer, compositor, printer, and publisher in Parma. He first took the type-designs of Pierre Simon Fournier as his exemplars, but afterwards became an admirer of the more modelled types of John Baskerville; and he and Firmin Didot evolved a style of type called "Modern", in which the letters are cut in such a way as to produce a strong contrast between the thick and thin parts of their body. Bodoni designed many typefaces, each one in a large range of type sizes. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giambattista Bodoni has received more than 160,056 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2019). Giambattista Bodoni is the 34th most popular designer (down from 25th in 2019), the 1,614th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,252nd in 2019) and the 11th most popular Italian Designer.

Giambattista Bodoni is most famous for being a printer and type designer. He was born in 1740 and died in 1813. He is most famous for his work with the letter type, which is used to this day.

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Among DESIGNERS

Among designers, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 34 out of 86Before him are Philippe Starck, Battista Farina, Salvatore Ferragamo, Claude Garamond, Pierre Balmain, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. After him are Alexander McQueen, Jimmy Choo, Jeanne Lanvin, Betsy Ross, Beau Brummell, and Andokides painter.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1740, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 10Before him are Empress Go-Sakuramachi, Isabelle de Charrière, Jeanne Baret, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Carl Michael Bellman, and Johann Jacob Schweppe. After him are Johann van Beethoven, Bernard-René Jourdan de Launay, Louis-Sébastien Mercier, Franz-Joseph Müller von Reichenstein, Adam Philippe, Comte de Custine, and James Boswell. Among people deceased in 1813, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 15Before him are Christoph Martin Wieland, Gerhard von Scharnhorst, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, André Grétry, Tecumseh, and Johann Baptist Wanhal. After him are Prince Augustus Ferdinand of Prussia, Princess Augusta of Great Britain, Géraud Duroc, George Shaw, Anton Graff, and Maria Caterina Brignole.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 1,614 out of 4,668Before him are Frank Nitti (1886), Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus (-49), Filippo Juvarra (1678), Pompeia (-90), Archduke Karl Salvator of Austria (1839), and Moritz, Landgrave of Hesse (1926). After him are Margherita Sarfatti (1880), Giorgio Bassani (1916), Gaetano Scirea (1953), Vittorio Brambilla (1937), Alesso Baldovinetti (1425), and Lucrezia de' Medici (1470).

Among DESIGNERS In Italy

Among designers born in Italy, Giambattista Bodoni ranks 11Before him are Giorgetto Giugiaro (1938), Valentino (1932), Nina Ricci (1883), Miuccia Prada (1949), Battista Farina (1893), and Salvatore Ferragamo (1898). After him are Laura Biagiotti (1943), Enzo Mari (1932), Milena Canonero (1946), Stefano Gabbana (1962), and Chiara Ferragni (1987).