Read about Garamond, the typeface that had a complicated history before appearing in the 20th century as the book typeface par excellence and being repeatedly reinterpreted.
➽ https://typofonderie.com/gazette/garamond-french-typeface-par-excellence
By Michel Wlassikoff, the eminent French historian of graphic and type history. en/fr
➽ https://typofonderie.com/gazette/garamond-french-typeface-par-excellence
By Michel Wlassikoff, the eminent French historian of graphic and type history. en/fr
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A wonderful novel but in French