I’ve been fixated on Galliard for a few decades now, and Granjon’s types that preceded it, and other newer types also based on those. By way of a few breadcrumbs I managed to find
a 1985 article in Visible Language that Carter wrote about Galliard, and noticed to my delight that
most issues apart from the most recent three are downloadable for free. Just browsing some of the other articles, there’s similar quality stuff from Zapf and the other usual luminaries. Enjoy the rabbit hole!
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(Cover design by Sumner Stone.)
I'm just a rank amateur, so what it for what it's worth, but to my mind, the only digital revival that comes close to the magic of Granjon's art is Mr. Louette's Gustine. A country mile ahead of anything else I've seen.
Also, the pun on Granjon's name is cute -- a charging bull -- but, of course, the name comes from Grand Jean. Robert, son of Big John.
I will always love Galliard. It looks great in The New Criterion on the paper they use, but perhaps I’m used to reading it for thirty-one years. I think of Zapf Renaissance as the Galliarding of Palatino. If ever a font were due for an OpenType overhaul, that would be the next.