ITC Bodoni Seventy-Two Swash Volume

ITC Bodoni was a labor of love that stretched across the Atlantic Ocean. For many years, ITC wished to create a true Bodoni revival that accurately represented Giambattista Bodoni’s rich stylistic palette. In 1990 ITC determined that the time was right and they assembled the design team of Janice Prescott Fishman, Holly Goldsmith, Jim Parkinson, and Sumner Stone to work on the project. Members of the team traveled to Parma, Italy, to examine and photograph Bodoni’s original steel punches. They also visited the Museo Bodoniana and examined numerous specimens from the Manuale Tipografico, a collection of Bodoni’s type design work published posthumously by Bodoni’s widow in 1818. Employing the contrasting thick and thin strokes noted in all renditions of Bodoni, ITC Bodoni also features size-specific designs that Bodoni used, including ITC Bodoni Six, a weight specifically designed for small captions and settings, ITC Bodoni Twelve, a version specifically for text setting, and ITC Bodoni Seventy-Two, a display design patterned after Bodoni’s 72-point “Papale” font. Each size-specific design comes in two weights: book and bold, with matching italics. ITC Bodoni Seventy-Two also includes two swash fonts for the italics.