The italic and bold styles were to take up exactly as much space as the roman, a feature imposed by the duplexing system of Linotype hot metal typesetting machines of the period. Tschichold was commissioned by a coalition of German printers to create a typeface that could be printed identically on Linotype, Monotype or letterpress equipment, simplifying the process of planning lines and pagination when printing a book. It is effectively a Garamond revival, though a different name was chosen as many other modern typefaces already carry this name.Ī classic typeface for body text, Sabon's longstanding popularity has transcended its origin as a commission to fit a tight set of business requirements. The italics are based on types designed by a contemporary of Garamond's, Robert Granjon. Berner had married the widow of a fellow printer Jacques Sabon, the source of the face's name, who had bought some of Garamond's type after his death.
1480–1561), particularly a specimen printed by the Frankfurt printer Konrad Berner.
The design of the roman is based on types by Claude Garamond ( c.
It was released jointly by the Linotype, Monotype, and Stempel type foundries in 1967. Sabon is an old-style serif typeface designed by the German-born typographer and designer Jan Tschichold (1902–1974) in the period 1964–1967.
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