Didone


Didone is a typeface classification recognized by the AtypI describing typefaces with high contrast between thick and thin lines, vertical weight axe, and thin unbracketed serifs.

Articles 2

Riccardo Olocco and Jonathan Pierini’s Parmigiano is a reinterpretation of the work of Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813) commemorating the bicentenary of his death.
Typeface stories · 7 July 2014 · English · 1116 words
Article on the process of designing Karloff typeface, showing just how closely related beauty and ugliness are.
Typeface stories · 25 September 2012 · English · 957 words

Blogs 3

Parmigiano has the ambition to be the most extensive family of fonts ever to have been inspired by Giambattista Bodoni, and today we extend it further by Cyrillic and Greek styles.
29 June 2015
The Parmigiano Typographic System is the most extensive family of fonts inspired by Giambattista Bodoni.
7 July 2014
Karloff connects the high contrast Modern type of Bodoni and Didot with the monstrous Italians. The difference between the attractive and repulsive forms lies in the contrast between the thick and the thin.
25 September 2012