PEN BODONI This version of Bodoni Open was forged by Ralph Smith the president and owner of Phil's Fonts for their in-house font collection. "Bodoni Open has always been a favorite of mine. It's a really beautiful cut, and a unique complement to the more traditional members of the Bodoni family. I wanted expose type aficionados to this design, and help ensure it didn't go the way of so many great typefaces - lost in the pre-digital type graveyard." says Ralph, who continues, "I digitized it in 1994, hand vectoring in Macromedia Fontographer, working over the actual letter forms from a Phototypositor film master. It really is a particularly beautiful face, because of its elegance and distinct personality." __ Ralph, started with Phil's in 1978. Phil's Fonts evolved from Phil's Photo, a quality photolettering studio established in 1971. Ralph, an avid photography buff, had no previous professional typography experience, but quickly became immersed in the world of type. Ralph is a hands-on owner, still deeply involved in type creation and assisting fledgling type designers in perfecting their craft. __ Ralph is also a member of TypeRight, an organization whose mission is to promote typefaces as creative works and to advocate their legal protection as intellectual property. __ So when you come upon a design project, or a client who absolutely has to portray the very best there is, Bodoni Open will send that visual message to all readers who see it.

Bodoni Open is available exclusively from Phil's Fonts. Bodoni Open is $39, It comes in Postscript and TrueType for both Mac and PC platforms for just $39. While you're there, take a look at the entire collection of Bodoni faces, including a knockout Bodoni Poster, and the elegant Bodoni Old Styles. Individual font prices start at $22. Check out Bodoni Open now at http://philsfonts.com/phils/sections/typepf1.html, then order securely at https://www.philsfonts.com/phils/sections/order1s.html. Or simply go and have a good time browsing the rest of the great fonts at http://www.philsfonts.com/. Don't miss: First Vision Fonts, The INDEX Family and Drunk Robot Fonts

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