GFS Bodoni by George Matthiopoulos, Greek Font Society — Display Font — preview 11 / 3
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About GFS Bodoni Font

GFS Bodoni is a display typeface designed by George Matthiopoulos and released by the Greek Font Society. This regular-weight font carries 1177 glyphs and supports more than 297 languages based on Latin scripts, making it accessible for multilingual projects without additional font files. The broad glyph set provides the character depth needed for editorial work where uncommon accents, diacritics, or decorative marks might appear.

Display fonts anchor the visual hierarchy of designs, and GFS Bodoni works well for magazine covers, poster campaigns, book title pages, and branding applications where a statement-making typeface sets the design's tone. Fashion lookbooks, event invitations, and packaging design all benefit from the structural clarity a display font provides. For web projects, it serves as an effective header typeface on landing pages and hero sections where impact matters more than body-text legibility.

GFS Bodoni is distributed under the Open Font License, free for both personal and commercial use. Choose this font when you need broad language coverage and character depth in a display weight, particularly if your design reaches international audiences or requires special characters beyond the ASCII standard.

Style & Use Cases

Overall Style
Eye-catching, Bold, Display
Use Case
Headlines, Logos
Ideal For
posters, branding, and social media graphics
Pairs With
a readable sans or serif for body

GFS Bodoni Specifications

Font FamilyGFS Bodoni Rg
StyleRegular
Full NameGFSBodoni-Regular
Version1.0
Weight400 (Regular)
Glyph Count1177 glyphs
PostScript NameGFSBodoni-Regular
DesignerGeorge Matthiopoulos, Greek Font Society
FormatOTF (CFF)
File Size139.3 KB

OpenType Features

GFS Bodoni ships with 10 OpenType features you can switch on in apps that support them (Illustrator, InDesign, Affinity, Figma, CSS font-feature-settings).

  • Small capitals from capitals
  • Historical forms
  • Standard ligatures
  • Lining figures
  • Old-style figures
  • Proportional figures
  • Scientific inferiors
  • Small capitals
  • Superscripts
  • Tabular figures

Languages Supported

GFS Bodoni supports 297 languages.

How to Install GFS Bodoni Font

Step-by-step instructions for every platform

  1. 1Download the GFS Bodoni font file (.ttf or .otf).
  2. 2Locate the downloaded file in your Downloads folder.
  3. 3Right-click the font file.
  4. 4Select "Install" to install for the current user, or "Install for all users" to make it available system-wide.
  5. 5GFS Bodoni is now available in Word, Photoshop, Illustrator, and all other apps.
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What pairs well with GFS Bodoni Font?

GFS Bodoni Font is a display font that shines as a display or heading face. Pair it with a clean sans-serif or serif font for body text — the contrast creates a clear hierarchy while the two styles stay balanced and easy to read.

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GFS Bodoni Font

by George Matthiopoulos, Greek Font Society

Reviewed by the FontBoxDL team · Updated October 2026

License: Open Font License (OFL)
Free
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