Claude Garamont (c. 1510–1561),[1] known commonly as Claude Garamond, was a French type designer, publisher and punch-cutter based in Paris.[2][3] Garamond worked as an engraver of punches, the masters used to stamp matrices, the moulds used to cast metal type. He worked in the tradition now called old-style serif design, which produced letters with a relatively organic structure resembling handwriting with a pen but with a slightly more structured and upright design. Considered one of the leading type designers of all time, he is recognised to this day for the elegance of his typefaces.[4] Many old-style serif typefaces are collectively known as Garamond, named after the designer.
Garamond was one of the first independent punchcutters, specialising in type design and punch-cutting as a service to others rather than working in house for a specific printer.[5] His career therefore helped to define the future of commercial printing with typefounding as a distinct industry to printing books.[6]
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^Bringhurst, Robert (2008). The Elements of Typographic Style. Vancouver, Canada: Hartley & Maks. p. 337. ISBN 978-0-88179-205-8.
^Encyclopædia Britannica. 2014. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
^Haley, Allan (2 December 1986). "Claude Garamond". tipometar.org. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
^Schlager, Neil (2000). Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance and Scientific Discovery. Detroit: Gale Group.
^Steinberg, S.H. (1996). Five Hundred Years of Printing. The British Library and Oak Knoll Press. pp. 16, 75.
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type foundries in 1967. The design of the roman is based on types by ClaudeGaramond (c. 1480–1561), particularly a specimen printed by the Frankfurt printer...
the Greek minuscule style which was cut by the French punchcutter ClaudeGaramond between 1541 and 1550. Arthur Tilley calls the books printed from them...
based on the Garamond typeface that was used in a book printed by the Parisian Jean Poupy in 1592. The roman design was from ClaudeGaramond and the italic...
printed by Robert Estienne Great Primer type (c. 18 pt) by ClaudeGaramond Gros Canon type by Garamond 1611 book, with arabesque ornament border Large roman...
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figure of French typography—ClaudeGaramond (also Garamont). In 1541 Robert Estienne, printer to the king, helped Garamond obtain commissions to cut the...
standards of composition". During the Renaissance period in France, ClaudeGaramond was partially responsible for the adoption of Roman typeface that eventually...
Decorative ITC Galliard Designer: Matthew Carter Class: Old style Garamond Designer: ClaudeGaramond & Jean Jannon Class: Old style Gentium Designer: Victor Gaultney...
of the best punchcutters of the time such as ClaudeGaramond and Guillaume Le Bé. Under Estienne, Garamond designed the Greek type used by the King of...
1490) unknown dates Marie Dentière, Genevan theologian (born 1495) ClaudeGaramond, French publisher (born 1480) Ringler, William A.; Flachmann, Michael...
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like handwriting. A typeface intended to mimic handwriting, such as ClaudeGaramond's grecs du roi typeface, will require many alternate characters. In...
authorities. Garamond series, based upon the designs of 16th-century type founder, ClaudeGaramond. Garamond (1919), with T.M. Cleland Garamond Bold (1920)...
before the eighteenth century. The matrices came to be attributed to ClaudeGaramond (d. 1561), a revered punchcutter of the sixteenth century who was known...
made by printers in Paris from the 1530s onwards by engravers such as ClaudeGaramond became the main style of type used in Europe, and influenced most successive...
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