Bodoni Originates Modern Types
Next came the influence of an Italian, Giambattista Bodoni. He refined the elegance of Baskerville. In France at this time the influence of the Didot family was dominant. Baskerville, Bodoni, and the Didots refined their types by accentuating the difference between the heavy line and hairline of a letter. Bodoni is regarded as the father of the modern roman type. Modern faces were so popular by 1805 that few printers cast old-style types for the next 50 years.
Sizes of Type - Measuring Width - Fonts - Type Casting by Hand and by Machine
Invention and Spread of Type and Printing - First Designs for Roman and Italic Types
Old-Style Types by Garamond and Caslon
Trends in the 19th and 20th Centuries - Inexpensive Fonts
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