Bodoni 72: Smallcaps Bold

The Sharp Elegance of Bodoni 72 Smallcaps Bold When you think of high-fashion glossies, luxury branding, or the definitive "modern" serif, you are likely envisioning the work of Giambattista Bodoni . Among the vast family of Bodoni iterations, Bodoni 72 Smallcaps Bold

Enter Smallcaps Bold. Most standard Bodoni fonts include uppercase letters and lowercase letters with ascenders/descenders. The Smallcaps variant replaces the lowercase characters with petite capital letters that share the weight and proportions of the uppercase, but at x-height size. bodoni 72 smallcaps bold

Avoid

• Body text below 14pt (hairstrokes will break up)
• Low-resolution screens (web safe? No – use as web font only at large sizes)
• Reverse type (white on black) – hairlines vanish
• Long all-smallcaps settings – reduces readability due to missing ascenders/descenders

Bodoni’s typefaces are characterized by: The Sharp Elegance of Bodoni 72 Smallcaps Bold