Bodoni: The Graphic Novel

Well, it’s not exactly a graphic novel. But it is a graphically illustrated book titled Bodoni by Venetian designer Giorgio Camuffo with text based very loosely on the life of Giambattista Bodoni by Giuseppe De Lama published in 1816. Produced by Corraini Edizioni, this unusual edition (currently only in Italian) carries us along the journey that resulted in the world’s most famous type maker in a manner that is unlike any type book has done before. I asked Camuffo to say a f