BODONI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bodoni mean? 

• BODONI (noun)
  The noun BODONI has 2 senses:

1. Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)

2. a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

  Familiarity information: BODONI used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BODONI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Italian printer who designed the Bodoni font (1740-1813)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Bodoni; Gianbattista Bodoni

Instance hypernyms:

pressman; printer (someone whose occupation is printing)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Bodoni; Bodoni font; modern; modern font

Hypernyms ("Bodoni" is a kind of...):

proportional font (any font whose different characters have different widths)