Didone
ディドーネ / late 18th century– / Style / Type Classification
A constructed roman pushing the contrast of hairline and vertical stem to the limit — the Age of Reason's terminus and the sign of luxury at once.
Extreme contrast / Vertical stress / Hairline serifs / Mathematical construction
Dictionary entry
- Best used for
- An authoritative voice for fashion and beauty · Designing tension into large headlines
- Type
- Observe the letters, signs and scale of reference works
- Composition
- Extract the one structure that governs gaze and information
- Material
- Verify the materials and behaviors specific to era, region and process
- Caution
- Hairlines vanish at small sizes and low resolution. Check optical sizes per display environment.
- Further study
- Giambattista Bodoni / Firmin Didot / Manuale Tipografico