Garamond biography
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This research critically examines the historical and digital forms of the Garamond typeface, unraveling intricate details that underpin its lasting prominence in the design world. With a focus on Claude Garamond’s original creation and its digital adaptation, Adobe Garamond, the study aims to uncover the nuanced aspects of design, craftsmanship, and technological evolution.
The primary objectives encompass an in-depth utforskning of Garamond’s journey from its Renaissance origins to contemporary digital design, emphasizing the timeless appeal and adaptability that have established Garamond as an iconic figure in the world of typography.
Introduction
Garamond, a timeless typeface, has maintained its prominence globally for nearly five centuries. Originating in the early sixteenth century through the craftsmanship of Claude Garamond, a distinguished French type designer, this font has undergone various adaptations over time. Today, the begrepp “Garamond
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Garamond
Typeface family
For other uses, see Garamond (disambiguation).
Garamond is a group of many seriftypefaces, named for sixteenth-century Parisian engraver Claude Garamond, generally spelled as Garamont in his lifetime. Garamond-style typefaces are popular to this day and often used for book printing and body text.
Garamond's types followed the model of an influential typeface cut for Venetian printer Aldus Manutius by his punchcutter Francesco Griffo in 1495, and are in what is now called the old-style of serif letter design, letters with a relatively organic structure resembling handwriting with a pen, but with a slightly more structured, upright design.
Following an eclipse in popularity in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, many modern revival faces in the Garamond style have been developed. It is common to pair these with italics based on those created by his contemporary Robert Granjon, who was well known for his proficiency in this genre.[1] How
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Claude Garamond
Most likely born in 1499 in Paris, Claude Garamond began an apprenticeship as a book printer in 1510 in the workshop of the humanist, engraver and typographer Antoine Augereau. His first typographical works probably date back to the beginning of the 1530s, a notable example being the so-called Cicero typeface which was re-cut by his countryman Jean Jannon in 1620 and distributed under the name Garamond.
Garamond is today considered the creator of the first complete Antiqua typefaces of the Renaissance period, which he developed on the basis of a number of Italian precursor designs. In 1539 he received, by royal decree, his own type foundry and three years later he cut the so-called grecs du roi (“the Greeks of the King”) typefaces for King François I. This cemented his reputation as a master typographer and earned him the title of Royal Type Founder. Very little exact information still exists on the circumstances of Garamond’s life. He is known to have trained larg