Garamond

[gar-uh-mond]

noun

1. a printing type designed in 1540 by Claude Garamond (c1480–1561), French type founder.

Garamond

/ ˈɡærəmɒnd /

noun

1. a typeface, designed by Claude Garamond (?1480–1561), French type founder

Word History and Origins

Origin of Garamond¹

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

This has a larger x-height than, for instance, the popular typeface Garamond.

From BBC

Compared to Sustainable Serif at 12 point size, “for Garamond to have the same size of the letter, it has to be scaled up to 15.2 point size,” Mr Stobberup says.

From BBC

Typefaces like Garamond also have thinner lines and strokes, which can fade on the page as point size is reduced.

From BBC

You’ll immediately want to change your font to Garamond and start saying things like “Toodle-pip, darlings!”

From New York Times

He also loves to mention typefaces — Bembo, Baskerville, Garamond, Caslon and Janson come up a lot — and the names of beautiful papers: Amalfi, Fabriano, Nideggen.

From New York Times