Flick through various foundry catalogs for a Garamond revival or adaption and you’re bound to discover more than garalde typefaces. Interspersed amongst the many Garamonds you’ll find erroneously titled baroque faces works by another type designer, Jean Jannon. I decided to investigate the affair and while doing so swept the dust off a little history […]
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Whose Garamond is it anyway?
If you flick through various foundry catalogs for a Garamond revival or adaption, you’re probably bound to discover more than garalde typefaces. Interspersed amongst the many Garamonds by Claude Garamond (or Garamont) you’ll find baroque faces works by another type designer, Jean Jannon…
I wanted to cover this little typographic affair but quickly found […]
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