Garamond

Summary

Garamond is a typeface family^[1]. Garamond ranks in the top 3% of typeface_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (434 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Garamond's image is recorded as GaramondSpecimenA.svg^[3].
• Garamond's instance of is recorded as typeface family^[4].
• Claude Garamond is named after Garamond^[5].
• Garamond's GND ID is recorded as 4763768-7^[6].
• Garamond's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 162582643^[7].
• Garamond's IdRef ID is recorded as 149504721^[8].
• Garamond's subclass of is recorded as serif typeface^[9].
• Garamond's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[10].
• Garamond's designed by is recorded as Claude Garamond^[11].
• Garamond's Commons category is recorded as Garamond^[12].
• +1530-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Garamond^[13].
• Garamond's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01bmp6^[14].
• Garamond's described at URL is recorded as https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/typography/font-list/garamond^[15].
• Garamond's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0111237^[16].
• Garamond's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[17].
• Garamond's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Garamond^[18].
• Garamond's Vox-ATypI classification is recorded as classical garalde typeface genre^[19].
• Garamond's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Garamond^[20].
• Garamond's Thibaudeau classification is recorded as elsevier typeface genre^[21].
• Garamond's derivative work is recorded as Sabon^[22].
• Garamond's derivative work is recorded as Granjon^[23].
• Garamond's derivative work is recorded as Stempel Garamond^[24].
• Garamond's derivative work is recorded as Adobe Garamond^[25].
• Garamond's derivative work is recorded as Q43396704^[26].
• Garamond's derivative work is recorded as Simoncini Garamond^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Garamond's instance of is recorded as typeface family^[4].

History and Context

+1530-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Garamond^[13]. Claude Garamond is named after Garamond^[5].

Why It Matters

Garamond ranks in the top 3% of typeface_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (434 views/month).^[2] Garamond has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Garamond is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]