Garamond

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  1. 1
    A family of serif fonts derived from the work of Claude Garamont.

    "Caslon or Garamond or Baskerville is shouted as the compositors search for as many cases of these types as can be found."

  2. 2
    Synonym of Long Primer. German, dated

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"Caslon or Garamond or Baskerville is shouted as the compositors search for as many cases of these types as can be found."

Etymology

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

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