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Bodoni reimagined for the margins

Parmigiano Caption is a contemporary interpretation rooted in the Bodoni tradition, optimised for secondary text such as captions and footnotes at sizes below 10 points. It completes the broader Parmigiano Typographic System—named after Parma, where Bodoni worked—which aims to be the most extensive family of fonts inspired by Giambattista Bodoni. The caption cut applies optical-size conventions including enlarged counters, shortened ascenders and descenders, thickened serifs, reduced contrast, and wider letterspacing. Script support spans Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian, Georgian, and Hebrew, each handled by a dedicated designer.

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Insights

Optical-size adjustments for small text include enlarged counters, shortened extenders, thickened serifs, reduced stroke contrast, and wider letterspacing.
Each weight includes multiple numeral styles—among them proportional old-style (the default), lining, tabular lining, tabular old-style, superior, and inferior figures.
Each script was assigned a specialist designer: Riccardo Olocco and Jonathan Pierini (Latin), Ilya Ruderman and Irina Smirnova (Cyrillic), Eirini Vlachou (Greek), Ruben Tarumian (Armenian), Akaki Razmadze (Georgian), Yanek Iontef (Hebrew).
Released in 2014; font engineering across all scripts credited to Roberto Arista, with Igino Marini as contributor across Latin, Cyrillic, Greek, Armenian, and Georgian.