Illuminating Letters

Welcome to Illuminating Letters - a series of newsletters about the most significant and enduring typeface families. All issues of Illuminating Letters can be downloaded as a print-friendly PDF. If you would like us to shed some light on your favorite typeface, please send a note to allan.haley@fonts.com, and we’ll consider it for our growing list of future topics for Illuminating Letters.

Garamond (PDF)
Garamond typefaces, in both their American and European flavors, are generally considered ideal book faces. The design is also an excellent choice for most other forms of continuous text. Magazines, newsletters, annual reports, lengthy advertising copy – for example – are all naturals for the Garamond design. Elegance, warmth, readability and legibility are guaranteed.