COLOPHON

A NOTE ON THE TYPE:

GARAMOND is the name given to a group of old-style serif typefaces named after the punch-cutter Claude Garamond (c. 1480–1561), though most Garamond faces more closely related to the work of later punch-cutter Jean Jannon. Claude Garamond came to prominence in the 1540s, first for a Greek typeface he was commissioned to create for French King Francis I, to print a series of books by Robert Estienne. The French court later adopted Garamond’s Roman types for their printing and the typeface influenced type across France and Western Europe. Garamond had probably seen Venetian old-style types from the printing shops of Aldus Manutius. Garamond based much of his lowercase on the handwriting of Angelo Vergecio, librarian to Francis I. The italics of most contemporary versions are based on the italics of Garamond’s assistant Robert Granjon.

An Adobe Originals design, and Adobe’s first historical revival, ADOBE GARAMOND PRO is a digital interpretation of the roman types of Claude Garamond and the italic types of Robert Granjon. Since its release in 1989, designer Robert Slimbach’s Adobe Garamond has become a typographic staple throughout the world of desktop typography and design.