Body-text fonts, pt. 29: Granjon
Not named for Claude Garamond, this very Garamond-inspired classic by George W. Jones is still used often in book publishing. … HOWEVER, its digitization needs beefing up (good luck trying to print the current ghostly version with a public photocopier).
The font’s heydey was the middle of the last century.
The roman:
The italic (look at the “k”):
Bonus:
I bought Samuel a “calligraphy for kids” book at Goodwill. Now he goes around discussing the “miniscule” letters. It’d been years since I’d heard anyone talk about the letras mayúsculas and minúsculas.
He has been teaching himself the punctuation marks. I lent him a pen to practice writing them. Then I found a cluster of dots written on a clean pillowcase.
It’s time for the boy to go to school.
The font’s heydey was the middle of the last century.
The roman:
The italic (look at the “k”):
Bonus:
I bought Samuel a “calligraphy for kids” book at Goodwill. Now he goes around discussing the “miniscule” letters. It’d been years since I’d heard anyone talk about the letras mayúsculas and minúsculas.
He has been teaching himself the punctuation marks. I lent him a pen to practice writing them. Then I found a cluster of dots written on a clean pillowcase.
It’s time for the boy to go to school.