Garamond

onki
19.Feb.2008 12.59pm
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Hello,
can anybody list here some good substitution for Original Garamond... I mean like Univers for Helvetica.
Thanks



David Sudweeks
19.Feb.2008 4.39pm
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There are many, many choices available, Since you brought up ’Original’ Garamond, have you considered a different cut of Garamond? Here is an abbreviated list I found: http://paulstonier.wordpress.com/2008/02/04/the-many-cuts-of-garamond/


paulstonier
22.Feb.2008 1.31am
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Well, thanks for the link to blog and I’d add that Garamond Premier Pro, the opentype family released in 2006, is amazing.Adobe Garamond and Stempel Garamond are quite nice as well as you can see in that article.

But, I think to answer you question in a way that you were intending. I’d suggest Adobe Caslon or Jenson, Caslon has better readability. Jenson has some beautiful lines. However, I always get drawn back to Garamond. It just has so much character (no pun intended… well ok, maybe a little bit).