Robert Granjon

Evangelium Sanctum Domini Nostri Jesu Christi in Arabic, 1590, with Arabic types of Robert Grandjon, Typographia Medicea, Rome.

Robert Granjon (Paris, c. 1513 - Rome, 1590) was a French punchcutter, a designer and creator of metal type, and printer.[1][2][3] He worked in Paris, Lyon, Antwerp, and Rome.[1] He is best known for having introduced the typeface style Civilité, for his many italic types and his fleuron designs, although he worked across all genres of typeface and alphabet across his long career.[1][4][5][6][7]

  1. ^ a b c Vervliet 2008, p. 322.
  2. ^ Vervliet 2008, pp. 430–434.
  3. ^ Lane 2004, p. 39.
  4. ^ Janssen, Frans A. (8 November 2019). "Robert Granjon, Letter-cutter; 1513-1590: an oeuvre-catalogue, written by Hendrik D. L. Vervliet". Quaerendo. 49 (3): 275–276. doi:10.1163/15700690-12341446.
  5. ^ Shaw, David (June 2018). "Granjon's Flowers: An Enquiry into Granjon's, Giolito's, and de Tournes' Ornaments, 1542–1586. By Hendrik D. L. Vervliet". The Library. 19 (2): 238–239. doi:10.1093/library/19.2.238.
  6. ^ Boardley, John (6 June 2020). "Death of a Typeface". i love typography. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  7. ^ Gaultney 2021, p. 63.