Designer: Michael HagemannNew for 2020 Bodoni Ornamental now has 2 italics to select from, one standard italic and a second which is more of a true italic with a few uppercase letters that have actually been stylized.
Only one italic can be style linked to the routine upright version so in the 2nd italic we have actually included Avanti to the name which means forward in Italian.
When acquiring the regular upright and Avanti italic together they will install as 2 separate families.
Bodoni Decorative is a revival of an older typeface based upon the Poster Bodoni letter shape.
Giambattista Bodoni died in 1813, this ornamental variation was created in the 1820's or 1830's which was the time duration when a number of these ultra strong decorated type faces started to appear, the original artist is currently unknown.
The initial version of this ornate classic was only available as a set of uppercase letters, today over one hundred eighty years later this font is now complete with a new lowercase, numbers and accented characters for Eastern, Central and Western European countries.
Due to the elaborate information in Bodoni Ornamental when printing itís recommended to utilize a printer 600dpi or greater, a 1200dpi printer will give you the very best results rendering the most information at the smallest possible point size for this font.
Small house user Ink Jet printers are not advised for Bodoni Ornamental unless you set the typeface to an extremely large point size. With Ink Jet printers much of the information in the letters will bleed together as the ink hits the page, business Ink Jet printers such as GiclÈe printers might give good results.
When using Bodoni Ornamental for digital images consisting of web website graphics it may assist to add a one pixel stroke fill around the letters setting color to white or grey, this might assist the website images display better on some computer's.
You will require a photo editing application such as Adobe Photoshop to develop your image including the stroke fill and conserve as a jpg, png or gif file.
I hope you enjoy this old font style as much as I did making it.
Note: When previewing the Bodoni Ornamental font style in the Windows typeface preview you might observe some letters appearing lighter and some darker, this is an issue with the preview window and some ornate fonts, Bodoni Ornamental will print normal and not with blended light and dark letters.
Font Family:
· Bodoni Ornamental Regular
· Bodoni Ornamental Italic
· Bodoni Ornamental Avanti Italic
Tags: 1800's, ancient, bodoni, classic, decorative, exquisite, fat face, heavy, italian, ornamental, ornamented, ornate, poster, revival, shade, signage, tuscan
