Robert Granjon

Robert Granjon (* 1513 in Paris, † November 16, 1589 in Rome, according to some sources, 1590) was a French font Schneider and publisher. He has worked in Paris, Lyon, Frankfurt, Antwerp and Rome for many important printers that time.

Working

Goldsmith, Robert Granjon worked from 1542/43 as engraver in Paris. His first book as a publisher - a pocket edition of the New Testament in Greek and Latin - was published in 1549 in Paris. Between 1563 and 1570 he worked closely with the Antwerp printer Christophe Plantin. In 1578 Granjon went to Rome and there u cut a Armenian, Syrian, Arabic, and Cyrillic outstanding quality for most printers Church.

Especially Granjon's beautiful italics are up to the present time very popular and are often combined Roman fonts with Claude Garamond. Some original stamp and matrices are preserved and kept in the Antwerp Plantin- Moretus Museum.