Garamond

English · Français · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

Garamond

Where it comes from

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

proper noun

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.
German, dated Synonym of Long Primer.
Similar: Long Primer

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"Garamond." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/garamond. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

Garamond. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/garamond

Chicago

"Garamond." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/garamond.

BibTeX

@misc{garamond_2026,
  title = {Garamond},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/garamond},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}