…Meanwhile, in Florence, Italy, the center of the Renaissance, a new bright and easy-to-read font was adopted to replace the black letters that were a relic of the medieval feudal period, and based on this, the Roman font was perfected in Venice around 1470 by Nicolas Jenson (1420-80). Since then, improvements to Roman fonts have been made, and from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th century, the foundations of modern Roman fonts were laid by the excellent techniques of the Didot family of France and Caveliere Giambattista Bodoni (1740-1813) of Italy. Furthermore, from the end of the 19th century to the 20th century, many designers, including Frederic William Goudy (1865-1947) of the United States and Eric Gill (1882-1940) of England, created new typography. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Bodoni, CG" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…一方,ルネサンスの中心地イタリアのフィレンツェでは,中世封建時代の遺物である〈黒い文字〉に代わって,明るく読みやすい新字体が採用され,これを土台にして1470年ころベネチアでジェンソンNicolas Jenson(1420‐80)によってローマン体が完成された。以後もローマン書体の改良が進められ,18世紀の末期から19世紀の初期には,フランスのディド一家,イタリアのボドニCaveliere Giambattista Bodoni(1740‐1813)らの優れた技術によってモダンローマン書体の基礎が作られた。さらに19世紀末から20世紀にかけてはアメリカのガウディFrederic William Goudy(1865‐1947),イギリスのギルEric Gill(1882‐1940)ら多数のデザイナーが新しい活字を作り出した。… ※「Bodoni,C.G.」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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