Filosofia
Emigre · Zuzana Licko · 1996
Zuzana Licko's 1996 reworking of the Bodoni tradition, offering text and display cuts alongside unicase and small caps variants in a single cohesive family.
About
Filosofia takes the high-contrast vertical stress of the Bodoni model and subjects it to Licko's characteristic geometric rationalisation, softening some of the extremes for improved legibility at text sizes. The Grand subfamily extends the design toward display use, while the Unicase cut merges upper and lowercase forms into a single unified register. Small caps and all-small-caps options are available across both the standard and Grand subfamilies.
Classification
A geometric reinterpretation of Bodoni's high-contrast transitional model, with regularised stroke contrast and optically adjusted letterforms. Includes text, display (Grand), unicase and small caps variants.