Garamond

English

Etymology

From Garamondus, the Latin form of the name of Claude Garamont.

Proper noun

Garamond

  1. (typography) A family of serif fonts derived from the work of Claude Garamont.
    • 2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 381:
      Caslon or Garamond or Baskerville is shouted as the compositors search for as many cases of these types as can be found.
  2. (German printing, dated) Synonym of long primer.

Synonyms
  • (type size): see long primer

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