![]() 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. 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.įollowing an eclipse in popularity in the eighteenth and nineteenth century, many modern revival faces in the Garamond style have been developed.
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