In 1621, sixty years after Garamond's death, the French printer Jean Jannon released a specimen of typefaces that had some characteristics similar to the Garamond designs. [8] [109] The French Royal Printing Office (Imprimerie Royale) appears to have bought matrices from him in 1641 in three large sizes, roman and italic at roughly 18, 24 and ...
- Serif
- Claude Garamond, Also:, Robert Granjon, Jean Jannon
- Old-style
- Adobe Garamond Pro (regular style based on Garamond's work; italic on the work of Robert Granjon)
1658 – Jean Jannon, French designer and typefounder (b. 1580) 1722 – Kangxi, emperor of the Qing Dynasty (b. 1654) 1723 – Augustus Quirinus Rivinus, German physician and botanist (b. 1652) 1740 – Richard Boyle, 2nd Viscount Shannon, English field marshal and politician, Governor of Portsmouth (b. 1675) 1765 – Louis, dauphin of France ...