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Example of a Garamond typeface, by Adobe.

Garamond is the name for a group of serif typefaces. They were created by Parisian typesetter Claude Garamond and Jean Jannon in the 16th century, or they are based on his works. The typefaces use serifs. As these typefaces are very well suited for reading, they are often used in printed books.

Garamond Media

  • Great Primer type (c. 18 pt) by Garamond, cast from surviving matrices in the Plantin Moretus Museum

  • Garamond's largest type, in "Gros Canon" size (40 pt), for H. D. L. Vervliet "a culmination of Renaissance design".

  • 'Petit-texte' type intended for body text, created by Garamond.[1]

  • De Aetna, printed by Aldus Manutius in 1495. Its roman type was the model for Garamond's.

  • According to Guillaume Le Bé this Great Primer-size italic was cut by Garamond,[2] although it is not known in print until five years after his death.[3][4][a]

  • Estienne's 1550 edition of the New Testament was typeset with Garamond's grecs du roi.

  • Garamond's punches for the Grecs du roi type

  • Konrad Berner's 1592 specimen of mostly French typefaces. The top typeface is Garamond's Gros Canon, the one below is (despite the attribution) actually by Robert Granjon.[5][6]

  • Italic capitals cut by Granjon, with additional swash 'A' and 'M'

  • The matrices of Jannon's Imprimerie nationale type

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References

  1. ↑ Vervliet 2008, p. 223.
  2. ↑ Vervliet & Carter 1972, p. 14.
  3. ↑ Vervliet 2010, p. 325.
  4. ↑ Lane 2004, p. 316.
  5. ↑ Vervliet 2008, p. 220.
  6. ↑ Dreyfus 1963, p. 3.


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