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unusual facts about Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni


Gavril Bănulescu-Bodoni

The Russian annexation of Bessarabia was acknowledged by the Ottoman Empire in the Treaty of Bucharest and Bănulescu was named in charge with organizing the archdiocese of Bessarabia.


Bessarabia Governorate

The Metropolitanate of Bessarabia was an eparchy of the Russian Orthodox Church and after Bănulescu-Bodoni's death, it became an agent in the state policy of Russification.

Bodoni

Tom Clancy used Bodoni font for the artwork of all his affiliated works until his novel Dead or Alive.

Dear Miss Lonelyhearts

The typography uses Bodoni, a typeface commonly used by pop stars such as Beyoncé, Lady Gaga and Mariah Carey.

Diocese of Chișinău

Following the annexation of Bessarabia by the Russian Empire in 1812 the Russian Orthodox Church established the Eparchy of Chişinău and Khotin under Metropolitan Gavril (Bănulescu-Bodoni) to care for the region's Orthodox Christians.

Gert Wiescher

He is known for an almost complete re-design of Bodoni classic typefaces, the work of Giambattista Bodoni, the 17th century Italian typographer.

Milliken Gallery

For example, Face Your Demons features internationally recognized artists Zsolt Bodoni, Mircea Cantor, Keren Cytter, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Josiah McElheny, Goshka Macuga, Aleksandra Mir, Alyson Shotz, Magnus Wallin, and Adrian Williams.

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana

The plot of the book concerns Yambo (full name: Giambattista Bodoni, just like the typographer Giambattista Bodoni), a 59-year-old Milanese antiquarian book dealer who loses his episodic memory due to a stroke.

Tortuca

The pocketbook-size shaped magazine has no illustrations on the cover (only the colour changes per issue) and well balanced and coherent typography in the interior with use of the typefaces Bodoni and Garamond.

Uppsala University Library

The Bodoni collection is the largest collection of prints of Giambattista Bodoni (1740–1813) outside his native Parma.


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