Type specimen are made to provide designers with visual examples of how a specific font performed in a variety of point sizes, weights and leading measurements.

Bodoni was first created by Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) in the late eighteenth century and is classified as a Didone typeface (1750-1850). When first created Bodoni, and Didone fonts in general, were considered classically styled. These letterforms were completely original designs and not redesigned Roman or Renaissance letter styles, which was a popular technique at the time. These new forms and typefaces came to be labeled as modern typefaces. Since its creation, Bodoni has been revived countless times. 

Giambattista Bodoni was an Italian typographer, type-designer, compositor, printer, and publisher. He often found inspiration from the work of typographers Pierre Simon Fournier and John Baskerville. Bodoni is often regarded as a great compositor, someone who arranges type for printing or keys text into a composing machine, before being recognized as a type-designer. When looking at his type-design he is known for his unprecedented level of technical refinement for being able to reproduce thin “hairlines” to contrast with thicker lines, as can be seen in the Bodoni typeface. A typeface for functionality and aesthetics.

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