EB Garamond aims to be an exceptional, classic Garamond. As part of a community project to revive Claude Garamont’s 16th century typefaces that date back to 1592, its letterforms are taken directly from scans made of his “Berner model,” designed around 1592 by Conrad Berner who later served as Christian Egenolff’s successor at his printing house.
This sample highlights both Garamond Roman and Granjon Italic varieties in various dimensions, hence the project name Egenolff-Berner Garamond. Why another Garamond? Garamond typeface was an important milestone in typographic development and European typesetters have responded positively ever since; becoming perhaps one of the world’s most beloved typefaces and even inspiring some masterpieces such as these.
Within free/libre culture, only a handful of Garamond-inspired fonts exist – none being comparable to this project’s scope. Since November the family has been upgraded into an variably typed font family.
EB Garamond Font Family
License: Personal & Commercial Use!
Font Type: Free
Format: OTF, TTF
Total Files: 1
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