Garamond or Garamont (Berry, Johnson and Jaspert)

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Garamond or Garamont (Berry, Johnson and Jaspert) Berry, Johnson and Jaspert list the various metal versions of Garamond available in 1962. The text below is verbatim from their book. Claude Garamond (1480-1561) based his type on designs by Aldus Manutius, and first specimens are found in books printed in Paris around 1532. Many of the present day versions of this type are based on the Typi Academiae of Jean Jannon cut in Sedan around 1615. There are the following basic models: Deberny & Peignot, 1912-1928. This design, supervised by Georges and later Charles Peignot---not copied by any other foundry or matrix manufacturer---is based on the original types in the Imprimerie Nationale. American Typefounders, 1917, designed by M.F. Benton and T.M. Cleland after the original Jannon types. From this source the versions of the Amsterdam Typefoundry, Linotype Garamond No. 3 (1936) and Intertype have been derived. Lanston Monotype, 1921, designed by F.W. Goudy after Jannon. This version was also adopted by The Monotype Corporation and has not been copied by others. The Monotype Corporation's version follows Jannon in the roman and Granjon in the italic. Stempel, 1924. This design is based on the Egenolff-Berner sheet, but the characters have been regularised. The design is available on Linotypes. Mergenthaler Linotype, 1925, issued an adaptation by Joseph Hill. This was also based on the Egenolff-Berner sheet, but considerably bolder and less closely setting than the other Linotype version. This design is no longer available. Nebiolo's Garaldus, 1956, designed by Aldo Novarese, is another re-cutting and is shown separately. Simoncini in Italy---and later in co-operation with Ludwig & Meyer, have also issued a Garamond in 1958-1961, which is shown here. It was designed by F. Simoncini and W. Bilz. Grafotechna introduced a Garamond in 1959, designed by Stanislav Marso. There are also a number of other adaptations of the American Typefounders' design (based on Jannon). The Ludlow version designed by R. Hunter Middleton in 1930, the Berling version designed by Henri Alm partly based on Granjon designs; and the Typoart version.	EXTERNAL LINKS MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Garalde or Garamond typefaces ⦿