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Garamond
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{{Infobox font
| image =
Image:Garamond font.png 240px|Garamond
| style =
Serif
| date =
16th century
| creator =
Claude Garamond
| foundry = various
| sample =
Image:Garmond sample.png 240px|Garamond sample text
|}}
Image:Many_types_of_garamond.gif thumb|right|200px|Various examples of Garamond
There are several
typeface typefaces called '''Garamond'''. Some are based on the work of the influential
16th century France French type designer Claude Garamond. The “original” Garamond belongs to the family of “Renaissance” or “old style”
serif typefaces. The font that most resembles the original Garamond is not named Garamond, but Granjon, to differentiate them from the many other kinds of Garamonds.
Other typefaces such as American Garamond or Elegant Garamond are not, typically, based on Garamond’s work. Instead, they build on the rather different typefaces of
Jean Jannon.
Italic type Italic typefaces called “Garamond” are almost never based on Garamond’s own italics; usually they are derived from typefaces by
Robert Granjon, a younger colleague of Garamond. He also designed a coordinated series of italic typefaces. Though less influential, they also clearly belong to a typeface related to Garamond. They also have notably graceful forms.
The widely used Adobe Garamond Pro was designed by
Robert Slimbach in 1989. It is the type used by the ''
Harry Potter'' books.
Sample of {{PAGENAME}}
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" is written using a font not listed here. The alphabet and characters shown below that are in Adobe Garamond Pro.
Image:Garamond pro roman.png 300px
See also
*
Typography
External links
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Fonts.com: Garamond (Fonts.com: Garamond)
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http://www.typenow.net/i.htm (see iGaramond)
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http://www.fryfonts.com/free-font/
124 (the Apple Version of Garamond)
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Garamond font information (Microsoft typography)
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adobe.com sales page for Garamond Premier Pro, a typeface family by Adobe Systems based on the Garamond tradition, in
OpenType format, published in
2005.
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adobe.com sales page for Adobe Garamond Pro, a typeface family by Adobe Systems, a conversion of '''Adobe Garamond''' from
Type 1 to
OpenType format and extension of features and glyph complement, published in
2000.
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adobe.com sales page for Adobe Garamond, a typeface family by Adobe Systems based on the Garamond tradition, in
Type 1 format, published in
1989.
References
* {{cite book | editor = Adobe Systems (ed.) | year = 2005 | month = August | title = Garamond Premier Pro: A Contemporary Adaptation | pages = 44pp | publisher = | location = Adobe Systems }} This scholarly monograph was published by
Adobe Systems Adobe to describe the origins of their newly-published
Garamond Premier Pro typeface. It contains two substantial essays, plus examples of the typeface in use with a variety of texts in
English language English,
Greek language Greek, and
Russian language Russian. The essays are:
** {{cite book | last = Lane | first = John A. | chapter = Claude Garamont and his Roman Type | pages = pp. 5-13 | title = Garamond Premier Pro: A Contemporary Adaptation | editor = Adobe Systems (ed.) | publisher = Adobe Systems | year = 2005 | month = August }} A survey of
Claude Garamond’s career and typefaces, of
Robert Granjon’s
italic types which were combined with Garamond
roman types, and a brief summary of subsequent revivals through
Garamond Premier Pro.
** {{cite book | last = Slimbach | first = Robert | authorlink=Robert Slimbach | chapter = The Making of Garamond Premier | pages = pp. 15-21 | title = Garamond Premier Pro: A Contemporary Adaptation | editor = Adobe Systems (ed.) | publisher = Adobe Systems | year = 2005 | month = August }} The designer of
Garamond Premier Pro explains the sources for his design ideas, and the design principles he followed in this typeface family.
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