Apple Garamond

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Credits

Designer(s)
Tony Stan
Foundry(ies)
Bitstream
Release Year
1984
Country of Origin
United States
Classification
Serif, Old Style, French Old Style
Original Format
Digital
Distributor(s)
Apple, Inc.
Tags
apple, garamond, serif

Background

Apple commissioned a narrow variation of ITC Garamond (created by Tony Stan in 1977). Bitstream condensed the font to 80% and subtly adjusted the stroke widths and performed the hinting required to create a PostScript font that was then delivered to Apple as apgaram.

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