Applying for January classes? App/scholarship deadline extended through December 9th. Click here
Search Icon A magnifying glass icon.
Search Icon A magnifying glass icon.
Subject
Admissions

DEGREES

Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Explore Graphic Design Degree Courses
Discover Sessions Graphic Design Hub

Professional Certificates

Explore Graphic Design Career Courses

DEGREES

Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Explore Web Design Degree Courses
Discover Sessions Web Design Hub

Professional Certificates

Next Start:
January 1, 2025
Explore Web Design Career Courses

DEGREES

Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Explore Digital Media Degree Courses
Discover Sessions Digital Media Hub

Professional Certificates

Explore Digital Media Career Courses

DEGREES

Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Explore Digital Media Degree Courses
Discover Sessions Digital Media Hub
You can deepen your software skills and keep up with the latest Adobe CC updates in our online Digital Arts courses.
Contact Admissions

DEGREES

Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Explore Digital Photography Degree Courses
Discover Sessions Digital Photography Hub

DEGREES

Next Start:
January 1, 2025
Explore Fine Arts Degree Courses

DEGREES

Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Explore Illustration Degree Courses
Discover Sessions Illustration Hub

Professional Certificates

Next Start:
January 1, 2025
Explore Illustration Career Courses

DEGREES

Explore Advertising & Marketing Degree Courses
Discover Sessions Advertising & Marketing Hub

Professional Certificates

Explore Advertising and Marketing Career Courses

CERTIFICATES

Next Start:
January 1, 2025
Next Start:
January 1, 2025
Explore Sessions Career Courses
Professional Cert PLUS
Next Start:
January 1, 2025
Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Explore Sessions Bachelor's Degrees
Next Start:
January 6, 2025
Next Start:
January 6, 2025

Free Font Friday: Libre Bodoni

by admin | June 2, 2022


Libre Bodoni is a serif typeface created by Venezuela-based type designers Pablo Impallari and Rodrigo Fuenzalida. Based on the font family of the same name, created by ATF founder, Morris Fuller Benton, Libre Bodoni offers a web-centric update to the centenarian classic. Sporting Bodoni’s iconic high-contrast serifs, the face is tall and regal. In addition to being available in four weights with accompanying italic versions, Libre Bodoni also has a variable weight axis so you can custom tailor the type to fit a variety of use-specific applications. It’s got the same elegant character as Bodoni, making it an excellent choice for things like headers and pull quotes.

Although it’s been specifically adapted for web use, I think Libre Bodoni is best reserved for impactful moments with smaller portions of text. Despite adjustments that might have been made to make certain characters more legible, Libre Bodoni suffers from the same shortcomings as its predecessor. While the extremely thin serifs give it its timeless elegance, they remain an obstacle to readability and at its static weights, Libre Bodoni isn’t great at smaller sizes. You may be able to dial in something that works for you using its variable weight, though.

Libre Bodoni is available in four static weights as well as a variable weight version. You can find it for free here.

 

Taylor is a concept artist, graphic designer, illustrator, and Design Lead at Weirdsleep, a channel for visual identity and social media content. Read more articles by Taylor.

 

This blog is powered by Sessions College, the leading online school of visual arts.

©2024 Sessions College for Professional Design  All rights reserved

Terms & Conditions       Privacy Policy