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Didot is a group of typefaces named after the famous French printing and type producing Didot family. The classification is known as modern, or Didone.
The most famous Didot typefaces were developed in the period 1784–1811. Firmin Didot (1764–1836) cut the letters, and cast them as type in Paris. His brother, Pierre Didot (1760–1853) used the types in printing. His edition of La Henriade by Voltaire in 1818 is considered his masterwork. The typeface takes inspiration from John Baskerville's experimentation with increasing stroke contrast and a more condensed armature. The Didot family's development of a high contrast typeface with an increased stress is contemporary to similar faces developed by Giambattista Bodoni in Italy.
Didot is described as neoclassical, and evocative of the Age of Enlightenment.
Didot may refer to:
- Didot family, family of French printers, punch-cutters and publishers that flourished mainly in the 18th century
- Didot (typeface), a group of serif typefaces
- the Didot Point (typography)
Usage examples of "didot".
Colden, in this city, in 1779, and the fact that the art was communicated to Didot in Paris, by Franklin himself.
Then he paged through his telephone directory until he found the number for Maurice Didot, the elevator engineer.