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Claude Garamond

1499 - 1561

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Claude Garamont (c. 1510–1561), known commonly as Claude Garamond, was a French type designer, publisher and punch-cutter based in Paris. Garamond worked as an engraver of punches, the masters used to stamp matrices, the moulds used to cast metal type. He worked in the tradition now called old-style serif design, which produced letters with a relatively organic structure resembling handwriting with a pen but with a slightly more structured and upright design. Considered one of the leading type designers of all time, he is recognised to this day for the elegance of his typefaces. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Claude Garamond is the 35th most popular designer (down from 31st in 2019), the 2,046th most popular biography from France (down from 1,739th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Designer.

Claude Garamond was a French type designer who is most famous for developing the Garamond typeface in the 16th century.

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Among designers, Claude Garamond ranks 35 out of 104. Before him are Raymond Loewy, Pierre Balmain, Manolo Blahnik, Josiah Wedgwood, Jimmy Choo, and Dieter Rams. After him are Beau Brummell, Jeanne Lanvin, Andokides painter, Salvatore Ferragamo, Giambattista Bodoni, and Mariano Fortuny.

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Among people born in 1499, Claude Garamond ranks 11. Before him are Claude of France, Giulio Romano, Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset, Bernardino de Sahagún, Peter of Alcantara, and Mirza Muhammad Haidar Dughlat. After him are Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, Maria Salviati, Michiel Coxie, Garcia de Orta, Sebastian Franck, and Jan Łaski. Among people deceased in 1561, Claude Garamond ranks 11. Before him are Gülfem Hatun, Matteo Bandello, Lope de Aguirre, Sayri Túpac, Ridolfo Ghirlandaio, and Bairam Khan. After him are Jan Tarnowski, Alonso Berruguete, Luis de Milán, Caspar Schwenckfeld, Hans Tausen, and Catherine of Mecklenburg.

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In France

Among people born in France, Claude Garamond ranks 2,046 out of 6,770. Before him are René Louiche Desfontaines (1750), Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux (1737), François Girardon (1628), François Coppée (1842), Alain Connes (1947), and Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac (1658). After him are Marie Elisabeth of France (1572), Sacha Distel (1933), Francis Jammes (1868), Robert Pires (1973), Michel Rocard (1930), and Raymond Roussel (1877).

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Among DESIGNERS In France

Among designers born in France, Claude Garamond ranks 6. Before him are René Lalique (1860), Philippe Starck (1949), Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811), Raymond Loewy (1893), and Pierre Balmain (1914). After him are Jeanne Lanvin (1867), Louis Majorelle (1859), Diana Vreeland (1903), Nicolas Jenson (1420), and Jean Louis (1907).

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