GARAMOND

The key name behind the Garamond's history is the punch-cutter Claude Garamond, who lived between 1480-1561. Garamond is the name given to a group of old style serif typeFaces. A direct relationship between Garamond’s letterforms and contemporary type can be found in the Roman versions of the typefaces Sabon, Granjon, Stempel Garamond, and Adobe Garamond. Garamond came to importance in the 1540s, first for a Greek typeface he was commissioned to create for the French king François I, to be used in a series of books by Robert Estienne. After Claude Garamond invented the font there are 6 subsequent typographer and Macintosh.

1. A majority of the typefaces named Garamond are more closely related to the work of a later punch-cutter Jean Jannon (Claude Garamond's apprentice).
2. Garamond based much of the design of his lowercase on the handwriting of Angelo Vergecio, librarian to François I. Who called (to write like an angel!)
3. The italics of most contemporary versions are based on the italics of Garamond’s assistant Robert Grandjon.
4. Contemporary digital versions of Garamond include Adobe Garamond, Monotype Garamond, Simoncini Garamond, and Stempel Garamond.
5. The typefaces Grandjon and Sabon (designed by Jan Tschichold) are also classified as Garamond revivals. An example of Sabon:
6. A version called ITC Garamond, designed by Tony Stan (1917–1988) was released in 1977. The design of ITC Garamond, more than any other digital versions, takes great liberty with Garamond's original design by following a formulary associated with the International Typeface Corporation (ITC), that being an exaggerated increase in the x-height, and a wide range of weights from light to ultra bold, and a condensed width also in weights from light to ultra bold.
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8. Upon the introduction of the Macintosh in 1984, Apple adopted a new corporate font called Apple Garamond. It was a narrow variation of the classic Garamond typeface. Specifically, ITC Garamond (created by Tony Stan in 1977) was condensed to 80% of its normal width. Presumably, Apple felt that the existing ITC Garamond Condensed, at 64%, was too narrow.