Claude Garamond

Claude Garamont, 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, he is recognised to this day for the elegance of his typefaces.
Many old-style serif typefaces are collectively known as Garamond, named after the designer.

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