Figure 306
Roman and Italic from Bodoni’s Specimen, Parma
From Serie di Majuscole e Caratteri Cancellereschi (scan)
1788
In…1788, Bodoni issued the finest and most imposing of his specimens—a folio collection of roman, italic, Russian, Greek, and Cancellereschi types.… Fonts of Greek follow in descending sizes, and a few specimens of roman and italic, which are much more old style than Bodoni’s later equivalent fonts.