Texture + Form + Scale
- “e” smalleye;
- “a” sharphookupwardsattopleft;
- “M” slightlysplayedwithoutward-facing serifsatthetop(left);
- “R” legextendsoutwardfromtheletter;
-lowx-height,makingcapitalslook relativelylarge;
-obliqueapexes;
-thetopserifsontheascendersofletters like “d” haveadownwardslopeandride abovethecap-height;
-theaxisofletterslikethe “o” isdiagonal;
-thebottomrightoftheitalic “h” bends inwards.;
-largedifferencebetweencap/ascenderand x-height;
AdobeGaramond designedbyRobertSlimbachforAdobeSystems,wasbased onaRomantypebyGaramondandaItalictypebyRobertGranjon;
GaramondPremier isadigitalrevivalofGaramond'swork,andofferedoptical sizes,withdifferentfontsdesignedfordifferentsizesoftext;
ontheworkofJeanJannon;MonotypeGaramond isthemostcommondigitalfontnamedGaramondand usedwithmanyMicrosoftproducts;itisarevivalofJannon'swork;ITCGaramond alsobasedontheworkofJeanJannon;
1975 1917 1920AmericanTypeFounders(ATF) createdtheATFGaramond/GaramondNo.3based
Garamond
Old-style Serif
Garamond,firstcreatedinthe earlysixteenthcentury by ClaudeGaramond ,aFrenchtype designerandpunchcutter,drewinspirationforit’slettersfrom AldusManutius’s romantypes. Thisearliertypefaceisnowmodernlyreferredtoastheold-styleofserifletterdesign.In the seventeenthcentury, JeanJannon whowasaFrenchprinter,typedesigner,andpunchcutter, designedhislettersinfluencedbyGaramond’stypes,whowasattributedtothemodernrevival beganinthe earlynineteenthcentury.Thesetypesremainoneofthemostfamousold-style typefacesandhaveevolvedintonumerousdifferentversions,forexample:
g
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garamond
... elegant classic, eternal, Timeless,
Garamond-styletypefaceisauprightandslightlymorestructureddesign,resemblinghandwriting withdoneapen.Thesetypefacestylesarepopularandoftenusedforprintingbodytextan d booksforexample "HarryPotter" ,andothersinaphototypeordigitalform. SomedistinctivecharacteristicsinGaramond'sletterformsare:
1988 1989
Java
Buff Orpington
Barbu
D’Uccle Langshan
COCK COCKADOODLEDOO ADOODLEDOO