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Typeface Index > Garamond

I use this space to gather notes and samples of typefaces. My purpose here is not to be exhaustive, but to learn and be useful in the process.


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Garamond

Garamond

Attributed to Claude Garamont (c. 1480–1561) On wikipedia

Attributed to Claude Garamont (c. 1480–1561)

On wikipedia

Notes and sources:

Alexander Lawson, Anatomy of a Typeface
Robert Bringhurst, The Elements of Typographic Style
Ellen Lupton, Thinking With Type
Phillip B. Meggs, A History of Graphic Design
Alan Bartram, Five Hundred Years of Book Design
Wikipedia, among others. Some images from Wikipedia are used under the Creative Commons license, and have been resized.