Claude Garamond [SEP] place of death
Claude Garamond
Claude Garamont (–1561), known commonly as Claude Garamond, was a French type designer, publisher and punch-cutter based in Paris. Garamond worked as an engraver of punches, the masters used to stamp matrices, the moulds used to cast metal type. He worked in the tradition now called old-style serif design, which produced letters with a relatively organic structure resembling handwriting with a pen but with a slightly more structured and upright design. Considered one of the leading type designers of all time
Carter and Hendrik Vervliet.
See also.
- Garamond
- History of Western typography
- Movable type
- Printing Press
- Punchcutting
- Typesetting
References.
References Bibliography.
- A survey of Claude Garamond's career and typefaces, of Robert Granjon's italic types which were combined with Garamond roman types, and a brief summary of subsequent revivals through Garamond Premier Pro.
External links.
- Claude Garamont
- Font Designer – Claude Garamond