Firmin didot history of computer
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Didone (typography)
For the opera by Francesco Cavalli, see Didone (opera).
Classification of serif typefaces
Didone () is a genre of seriftypeface that emerged in the late 18th century and was the standard style of general-purpose printing during the 19th century. It is characterized by:
- Narrow and unbracketed (hairline) serifs. (The serifs have a nearly constant width along their length.)
- Vertical orientation of weight axes. (The vertical strokes of letters are thick.)
- Strong contrast between thick and thin lines. (Horizontal parts of letters are thin in comparison to the vertical parts.)
- Some stroke endings show ball terminals. (Many lines end in a teardrop or circle shape, rather than a plain wedge-shaped serif.)
- An unornamented, "modern" appearance.
The term "Didone" is a 1954 coinage, part of the Vox-ATypI classification system. It amalgamates the surnames of the famous typefounders Firmin Didot and Giambattista Bodoni, whose efforts defined the style around the beginning of the nineteenth century.[1] The category was known in the period of its greatest popularity as modern or modern face, in contrast to "old-style" or "old-face" designs, which date to the Renaissance period.
History
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Firmin Didot
Celebrated Parisian punchcutter (b. Paris 1764, d. Mesnic-sur-l'Estrée, 1836), son of the printer François Ambroise Didot, and grandchild of the Didot printing business founder, François Didot. He produced the earliest modern typeface about 1784. Designer of a sloped script typeface called Anglaise (1809). He became the director of the Imprimerie Impériale type foundry in 1812. Along with Giambattista Bodoni of Italy, Firmin Didot is credited with establishing the use of the Modern classification of typefaces. The types that Didot used are characterized by extreme stroke contrast, by the use of straight hairline serifs and by the vertical stress of the letters.
Digitizations of his typefaces:
- Linotype Didot has 12 weights, and was digitized in 1991 by the Linotype crew and Adrian Frutiger.
- Hoefler type foundry makes a 42-weight Didot HTF, which I believe is superior to the Linotype version.
- LetterPerfect has made a Didot LP family.
- His Initiales Grecques (ca. 1800) was digitized by ARTypes in 2007: see here.
- URW Firmin Didot is a digitization of a typeface made in 1927 by Ludwig & Mayer, which in turn was true to the original.
Biography by Nicholas Fabian. Linotype link. FontShop link. MyFonts link. Wikipedia.
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