Try the search function; I believe there has been a thread or two with quotes from typographers and about typography in general. No idea if they contain anything about Garamond, but you can check.

Hallo there

I got a book at home about Garamond

there may be some interesting quotations in it

but they will be in French

if interested I'll go have alook and let you know

Peppe

Thanks alot Peppe...that whould be great....Quincunx already searched that topic...nothing on garamond or garamont!

Cheers

Rick

Peppe..please could you tell me the name of the book, author, publisher and date?

Thanks again

Rick

I don't know about quotes, but just about everything you can safely say about the life and work of Garamond (or Garamont if you prefer) is in John Lane's essay on 'Claude Garamont and his roman type' which is in the specimen that Adobe put out in 2005 with the title Garamond Premier Pro: A Contemporary Adaptation. I don't know how you get it, but it's a stunning piece of historical work, very well illustrated, and in English too.

... and also, I should have said, Robert Slimbach's own account of how Adobe Garamond, and Garamond Premier Pro, were made.

>I don’t know how you get it, but it’s a stunning piece of historical work, very well illustrated, and in English too.

As I recall there were some rights issues that prevented Adobe from placing a verison on-line. Best bet would be to contact Tom Phinney or David Lemon directly.

Rick, to increase your chances of snagging a copy you could ask them for a copy for your school library.

Thanks alot James :)

Hi there

I was on holiday, just got back to office. I'll manage to get the book after lunch-break, so long

Peppe

The specimen book was in the goody bag at TypeCon last year.

Hallo

someone already had posted a forum on the topic long ago

have a look

http://typophile.com/node/1702

Unfortunately this book by Anne Cuneo does not include any quotationd from Garamond