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Garamond

American  
[gar-uh-mond] / ˈgær əˌmɒnd /

noun

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


Garamond British  
/ ˈɡærəmɒnd /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of Garamond

First recorded in 1865–70

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Around the same time, Apple adopted the custom version of the serif font ITC Garamond that would later be immortalized in its “Think Different” ads.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025

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

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2024

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 ● Sep. 16, 2024

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 ● Mar. 17, 2022

Bishop Garamond is silent, perhaps considering this threat.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

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