typetastic: Bodoni Egyptian

Bodoni Egyptian just showed up in my email inbox by way of the MyFonts newsletter.

"Beneath the dominant signifier of identity, a surprising dimension of Bodoni is revealed—its core architecture, stripped of the famous high contrast cloak. Further subverting typographic norms, a monoline of even width (in all but the heaviest weights) here describes capitals, lower case, and serifs. And yet a certain quaintness is evident; this is, after all, both deconstruction and historical fiction."

I'm all over that italic. I think I need this in my life.

I also think it's so fun that MyFonts allows you to use headlines from The Onion as sample text. Such a great idea.