Main entry: modern, modern font, Bodoni, Bodoni font
Definition: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs and heavy downstrokes
Main entry: modern
Definition: a contemporary person
Main entry: modern
Definition: characteristic of present-day art and music and literature and architecture
Definition: used of a living language; being the current stage in its development
Usage: Modern English; New Hebrew is Israeli Hebrew
Main entry: mod, modern, modernistic
Definition: relating to a recently developed fashion or style
Usage: their offices are in a modern skyscraper; tables in modernistic designs;
Main entry: modern
Definition: belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages
Usage: modern art; modern furniture; modern history; totem poles are modern rather than prehistoric
Main entry: modern, advanced, forward-looking, innovative
Definition: ahead of the times
Usage: the advanced teaching methods; had advanced views on the subject; a forward-looking corporation; is British industry innovative enough?