Gill Floriated is based on a single character which Eric Gill drew as a decorated initial for use on a specimen setting of his Perpetua type. Although Gill was at first reluctant to produce...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified November 4, 2024
Laurie Szujewska, Adobe art director, used the rope letters decorating cattle brands and cowboy blankets to create Giddyup, a typeface with a twist. “The idea was to make each letter with one line that...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
Based on the series of Claude Garamond romans shown in the Egenolff-Berner specimen sheet printed in 1592, this design is a good sharp cut; it suffers from very short descenders made to fit it...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
Drawn by Tony Stan, ITC Garamond was first released in 1975 in Book and Ultra weights only. These were intended as display faces to complement existing text designs from other foundries. (In fact, many...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 30, 2021
An Adobe Originals design, and Adobe’s first historical revival, Adobe Garamond is a digital interpretation of the roman types of Claude Garamond and the italic types of Robert Granjon. Since its release in 1989,...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified March 18, 2021
Some of the most popular typefaces in history are those based on the types of the sixteenth-century printer, publisher, and type designer Claude Garamond, whose sixteenth-century types were modeled on those of Venetian printers...