garamond
adobe garamond pro
a book by anika loewen
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table of contents
2. history
6. anatomy
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8. weights
10. special characters
12. did you know?
12Rpt / 10Rpt
14Bpt / 12Rpt
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Claude Garamond
(1480-1561)
Jean Jannon
(1580-1635)
Garamond was a parisian publisher
who created this typeface and named
it after himself. He was also responsible
in the introduction of the apostrophe,
the accent and cedilla to the
French language.
In 1621, 60 years after Garamond’s death, the
French printer, Jean Jannon created a typeface
with similar attributes to Garamond.
After finishing his typeface, Jannon’s printing
office was raided by the French government.
Cardinal Richelieu named his type “Caractère
de I’Université”, and it became the house style
of the Royal Printing Office.
His typefaces, which in addition to
Garamond, also included Granjon and Sabon.
history
In the 1540’s, Garamond was commissioned
by French king, Fransis I, to create a Greek
typeface for use in a series of books by Robert
Estienne. The French court eventually adopted
his Roman typefaces for their printing,
eventually influencing type across
western Europe.
Jannon’s typefaces were lost for over 100 years,
and when re-discovered in 1825, were wrongly
attributed to Garamond. This mistake was not
identified until 1927, when Beatrice Warde
published an article distinguishing the works
of Garamond from Jannon.
After his death in 1561, his works became even
more widely used as they were more accessible
to printers. This was due to his punches and
matrices being sold to Christopher Plantin
in Antwerp.
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18Bpt / 9Rpt
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Robert Slimbach
(1956)
Was a type designer and calligrapher who
developed an interest in graphic design and
typefaces while running a small printshop
after leaving college. After leaving the
printshop and seeking further
training, he started to work as a
type designer with Autologic
Incorporated.
history
In 1987 Adobe Systems
hired him to primarily
designer typefaces for
digital technology. His
most known works
for Adobe were the
Utopia (1988), Adobe
Garamond (1989),
Minion (1990) and Poetica
(1992) font families.
In 2004, Adobe released
Garamond Premier Pro, a new
take on the Garamond designs,
which Slimbach had been working
on for 15 years, since he first completed
Adobe Garamond in 1989.
Slimbach recently released Brioso, a
font family based on his own roman
script calligraphy.
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9Bpt
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anatomy
cap height
x height
ascender
descender
terminal
bowl
counter
ear
stem
cross bar
12 3 45 6789 0
A a Bb C c Dd E e
apex
eye
Ff Gg H h Ii Jj K k
Bg a f x
arm
link
stem
leg
L l M m Nn Oo Pp
aperture
Unique characteristics that set this typeface
apart are the small bowl of the a and the small
eye of the e. Also, long extenders and top serifs
have a downward slope.
counter
Qq R r Ss Tt Uu
tail
Jean Jannon’s letters are more asymetrical and
irregular in slope and axis then Garamond’s
original work.
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bowl
shoulder
spine
Vv Ww X x Yy Z z
59Rpt / 12Rpt
23Rpt / 25Rpt
terminal
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weights
I can feel the wind
6 pt
I can feel the wind
7 pt
I can feel the wind
8 pt
I can feel the wind
9 pt
I can feel the wind
10 pt
I can feel the wind
11 pt
I can feel the wind
12 pt
I can feel the wind
14 pt
I can feel the wind
16 pt
I can feel the wind
18 pt
I can feel the wind
20 pt
I can feel the wind 22 pt
adobe garamond pro regular
adobe garamond pro italic
adobe garamond pro bold
adobe garamond pro bold italic
adobe garamond pro regular
adobe garamond pro italic
adobe garamond pro bold
adobe garamond pro bold italic
adobe garamond pro regular
adobe garamond pro italic
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9
&
ampersand
£
pound sign
special characters
π
pi sign
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@
{}
Vor einem großen
Walde wohnte ein armer
Holzhacker mit seiner Frau
und seinen zwei Kindern;
das Bübchen hieß Hänsel
und das Mädchen Gretel. Er
hatte wenig zu beißen und
zu brechen, und einmal, als
große Teuerung ins Land
kam, konnte er das tägliche
Brot nicht mehr schaffen.
at sign cwurly bracket
ß
eszett
†
dagger
℮
µ
estimated
micro sign
¶
ä
pilcrow
umlaut
Ω
omega
10Rpt / 24Bpt
26Bpt
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garamond
The large picture books of Dr. Seuss are set in
a version of Garamond.
All of the American editions of J.K. Rowling’s
Harry Potter books are set in twelve-point
Adobe Garamond, except Harry Potter and
the Order of the Phoenix, which is set in
11.5-point type.
King Francis I was a huge drive in the
popularity of Garamond’s work. His Majesty
used it in most of his royal documents.
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did you know?
Garamond is considered to be among the most
legible and readable serif typefaces for use in
print (offline) applications.
400Bpt
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Many thanks and much love to Wikipedia.
My brain would be lost without you.