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Sabon®

Sabon
Sabon

SabonItalic
Sabon Italic

Sabon Bold
Sabon Bold

Sabon Bold Italic
Sabon Bold Italic


Description
The German Master Printers Association approached the Stempel foundry in the early 1960s with a request: they wanted a new typeface developed that would be identical on both Monotype and Linotype machines. Stempel's Walter Cunz commissioned esteemed German typographer Jan Tschichold to design a new rendition of Claude Garamond's classic roman letterforms. Tschichold responded with Sabon, a lyrical text type released in 1967. This breakthrough design was named for Jacques Sabon, a sixteenth-century typefounder who introduced Garamond's romans to Frankfurt. Sabon's graceful italic was based on a face by French punchcutter Robert Granjon. Tschichold's clever revival resulted in an elegant and eminently usable book face. Sabon is a classic beauty, and will never disappoint in text typography.

Type Designer
Jan Tschichold

Character Set
Latin 1

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