Caponi
Commercial Type · Christian Schwartz, Miguel Reyes · 2020
A three-family Bodoni revival commissioned for Entertainment Weekly's twentieth anniversary, spanning Display, Slab and Text.
About
A modern serif system named for the late Amid Capeci, who commissioned it for his twentieth-anniversary revamp of Entertainment Weekly. Caponi expands the typical Bodoni revival by pulling on his early career, when he was shaped by the Rococo of Pierre Simon Fournier, rather than only his late high-contrast cuts. The three companion families divide the workload: Caponi Display is a traditional Modern for headlines, Caponi Slab is a low-contrast workhorse that punches at black weights for posters and pull quotes, and Caponi Text is a warmer Bodoni interpretation with quirky italics and subtly varying serifs for long reading.
Classification
Commercial Type describe Caponi as a Bodoni revival that expands the canon by reaching back to Bodoni's early career, when he was influenced by the Rococo of Pierre Simon Fournier, rather than the high-contrast late types most revivals focus on.