Bodoni, GiambattistaPronunciation: /bəˈdəʊni/Definition of Bodoni, Giambattista (1740–1813), Italian printer. He designed a typeface characterized by extreme contrast between uprights and diagonals, which is named after him. Bodoni, Giambattista in other Oxford dictionaries Definition of Bodoni, Giambattista in the US English dictionary