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ntroduction Garamond is a typeface that appears in the print workshop of Robert Estienne in 1530. Inspired by the romans created by Aldus Manutius in Venice between 1495 and 1500,Garamond surpassed them in smoothness and readability. With stronger contrast between up-and downstrokes, and with lighter serifs than in previous roman typefaces, it gave the text an excellent ventilation and a brand-new rhythm, opening up an era of typography that was detached from manuscripts, and perfectly suited for reading books, particularly small-format works. In 1535, Claude Garamont began working on punches for several romans in the style of Estienne's, and he sold them to the best printers of his time. This style of typeface, so emblematic of the French Renaissance, was used in Europe until the eighteenth century. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, there have been many versions.
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Garamond is the name given to a group of old-style serif typefaces named after the punch-cutter Claude Garamont (c. 1480–1561).y related to the work of a later punch-cutter, Jean Jannon. A direct relationship between Garamond’s letterforms and contemporary type can be found in the Roman versions of the typefaces Adobe Garamond, Granjon, Sabon, and Stempel Garamond.
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Claude Garamond came to prominence in the 1540s, firstfor a Greek typeface he was commissioned to create for the French king Francis I, to be used in a series of books by Robert Estienne.The French court later adopted Garamond’ Roman types for their printing and the typeface influenced type across France andWestern Europe. Garamond probably had seen Venetian old-style types from the printing shops of Aldus Manutius.
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Garamond is conisidered to be among the most legible and readable serif typefaces for use in print(offline) applications and for this reason it is often used innovels,children’sbooks, magazines and other printed materials. The design is also an excellent choice for most ther forms of continous text. Magazines,news,annual reports,lengthy advertising.It is not considered appropriate for the web because of the current display technologies,its not a good font to use in web copy.
Garamond’s letterforms convey a sense of fluidity and consistency. Some unique characteristics in his letters are the small bowl of the a and the small eye of the e. Long extenders and top serifs have a downward slope.
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