Know Your Type Designers: Claude Garamond
This week’s Typography Tuesday: Know You Type Designers: Claude Garamond.
Claude Garamond
Born: C. 1500
Died: 1561
Typefaces: Faramond, Grecs du Roi
Few type designers are as well known as Claude Garamond. There is good reason for this, his contributions to letter design and tyopography have had a marked influence western design for almost five hundred years, and will continue to do so long as good typography is taken seriously.
Claude Garamond was born in Paris around 1500 (sources vary) and began his career as and apprentice punch-cutter and printer for Antoine Augreau in 1510.
Check out some samples of his work.
For more information:
- An A to Z of Type Designers by Neil Macmillian
- Claude Garamond on Wikipedia
- Claude Garamond on Linotype
- A Good Biography of Claude Garamond
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