 Garamond is a group of many old @-@ style serif typefaces , originally those designed by Claude Garamond and other 16th century French designers , and now many modern revivals . Though his name was written as ' Garamont ' in his lifetime , the typefaces are invariably spelled ' Garamond ' . Garamond worked as an engraver of punches , the masters used to cut metal type , for the Paris printers. Hinweis: Die Schrift Garamond ist eine Gruppe von alten @-@ Stil-Satzschriften, ursprünglich jene von Claude Garamond und anderen 16. Jahrhundert französischer Designern , und jetzt viele moderne Revivals .