There are literally scores of different digitizations and renditions of Garamond's original metal typefaces. I am not sure which foundry's is your "Garamond" (you might find out by looking at its info in FontExplorer X) but Adobe Garamond and Garamond Premier have very distinct differences which you can learn about at Adobe's website.

Ahh, thank you much, It was really the difference between Adobe Garamond pro and Garamond Premier Pro that I was wondering about. The Garamond I have had some very clear differences from the other two but adobe and Premier are quite similar.

You might also look at this quick review of some of the differences. There's a lot there to discover if you really are interested.

I am writing a rather large research paper on Garamond. Garamond original. Funny thing, it seems like everyone is talking about Garamond lately. Must be just because I'm looking. But thanks for the pdf link crossgrove!

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Funny thing, it seems like everyone is talking about Garamond lately.

I've dubbed that phenomena a sipeservation. It's the same concept like when you start looking for a new car and then ultimately buy one, almost immediately after the purchase you see your "new" car everywhere. It's almost like everyone owns it. Really, it's the moment you become aware of something you weren't really aware of until you started focusing on it. I didn't know what that was called, so I came up with my own word for it.

Recency Illusion

Very interesting, Nick. I'll have to amend my definition to include both Recency Illusion and Frequency Illusion. Ha ha.

Who wrote that Illuminating Letters, Carl? Good stuff! Hope to see more issues soon.

I never noticed this before, but on a piece I was working on today, the client used Monotype Garamond. I never noticed how wobbly this version is at a large size:

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I have noticed that before as well. I ended up switching the whole job to a better cut.
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That's not a bug, it's a feature.

Since the second two are Adobe I will assume you are referring to Adobe versions. There might be some slight differences contour shapes between the early Adobe versions and the Pro and Premium versions. The main difference is the number of extras that the newer versions contain. Premium was included with the CS3 version of creative suite and has a very large number of glyphs including a lot of ornaments. The Pro version is a bit smaller than the Premium and that is what now ships with CS4.

crossgrove thanks a lot for the pdf you share I have learned a lot !
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Sipeservation

Try pipe smoking! Suddenly you’ll notice all those old geezers puffing away cheerfully.

Since the second two are Adobe I will assume you are referring to Adobe versions. There might be some slight differences contour shapes between the early Adobe versions and the Pro and Premium versions. The main difference is the number of extras that the newer versions contain. Premium was included with the CS3 version of creative suite and has a very large number of glyphs including a lot of ornaments. The Pro version is a bit smaller than the Premium and that is what now ships with CS4.

Yikes, this is completely wrong. The two Adobe families mentioned in the OP are Garamond Premier Pro and Adobe Garamond Pro. Adobe Garamond was one of the first Adobe Originals, designed by Robert Slimbach and released in 1989. It was later converted to OpenType and renamed Adobe Garamond Pro.

Garamond Premier Pro is a completely separate Garamond revival, also by Robert Slimbach. It is less regularized (Adobe Garamond had to be designed to accommodate less powerful software and hardware of its day) and has four optical sizes. Garamond Premier Pro also has Greek and Cyrillic.

There is no "Premium" version. They both support CE languages, so they both have the "Pro" suffix.