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EB Garamond
EB Garamond is a free and open source implementation of Claude Garamond’s typeface, Garamond, with matching italic characters designed by Robert Granjon.
About EB Garamond
EB Garamond is a free and open source implementation of Claude Garamond’s typeface, Garamond, with matching italic characters designed by Robert Granjon. Its name is a shortening of Egenolff–Berner Garamond; the letter forms are taken from the Egenolff–Berner specimen printed in 1592. The font family covers Latin, Greek, Cyrillic, and International Phonetic Alphabet glyphs.
From the Wikipedia article “EB Garamond”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using EB Garamond in a book
Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.
Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.
Free alternatives on Google Fonts
Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q43396704 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).