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Garamond

Garamond proper noun: a family of serif fonts derived from the work of Claude Garamont.

Proper noun

Garamond

  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.2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 381
  2. (German, dated) Synonym of Long Primer.
    Synonyms:
    Long Primer

Synonyms of Garamond

Origin of Garamond

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

Questions about Garamond

What does Garamond mean?
Garamond means a family of serif fonts derived from the work of Claude Garamont.
What part of speech is Garamond?
Garamond is a proper noun.

Words near Garamond in the dictionary

  1. garam masala
  2. garam masalas
  3. Garamantes
  4. Garamendi
  5. Garamendis
  6. Garamond
  7. garamut
  8. garamycin
  9. garancin
  10. garancine
  11. Garand

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