Skip to content
Home / Fonts / Monotype / Monotype Sabon
Monotype Sabon

Monotype Sabon®

by Monotype
Individual Styles from $34.99
Complete family of 4 fonts: $145.99
Monotype Sabon Font Family was designed by Jan Tschichold, Claude Garamond and published by Monotype. Monotype Sabon contains 4 styles and family package options.

More about this family
FREE 30-DAY TRIAL of Monotype Fonts to get Monotype Sabon plus over 150,000 fonts. Start free trial
Start free trial

About Monotype Sabon Font Family


Sabon was designed by Jan Tschichold and released in 1967. Sabon was created in response to the specific needs of a group of German printers who wanted a typeface that would be identical in form when produced by three different metal-casting technologies. Named after Jacques Sabon, a sixteenth century typefounder whose widow married another typefounder, Konrad Berner, who is credited with issuing the first typefounder's specimen sheet. Several types on the sheet were attributed to Claude Garamond, and one of these served Tschichold as the source for Sabon roman. The italic was based on another face on Berner's sheet, cut by Robert Granjon. Tschichold's skillful adaptation of these old style faces has produced an elegant and workmanlike book face. The Sabon font family is a popular choice for setting text.

Designers: Jan Tschichold, Claude Garamond

Publisher: Monotype

Foundry: Monotype

Design Owner: Monotype

MyFonts debut: Dec 12, 2001

Monotype Sabon® is a trademark of Monotype Imaging Inc. registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.

About Monotype

The Monotype Library is one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive collection of typefaces, featuring original designs of historical importance and a fresh range of contemporary and fashionable fonts. The Monotype Library includes thousands of timeless classics, hand-crafted revivals and original designs from many of the most innovative type designers and foundries in history. This distinctive, award-winning library of premium fonts provides brands and designers with a broad and reliable selection of typefaces for expressive typography in print and on screen. The Premium Foundry page can be viewed Here.

Read more

Read less