Drummond
Eller Type · Emerson Eller · 2024
A garalde text typeface by Emerson Eller, developed from fragmentary 16th-century matrices at the Plantin-Moretus Museum and printed books produced by Claude Garamont and Jean Barbé in the 1540s.
About
Rather than a facsimile revival, Drummond fuses evidence from the 'Mediane Romaine' matrices, GlyphCollector-processed printed specimens, and calligraphic experimentation to propose a contemporary interpretation of the Garamont tradition. Calligraphic details such as the 'banana'-curved stems of 'n' and 'm', echoing Griffo's Aldine types, are deliberately preserved and emphasised in the digital form. The family covers more than 200 Latin languages and includes OpenType features spanning small caps, old-style figures, circled numerals, fractions, superiors, inferiors and manicules.
Classification
A Renaissance-style garalde rooted in the Garamont tradition, developed from 16th-century matrices in the Plantin-Moretus collection and printed specimens from the Garamont–Barbé partnership. Its characteristics — including calligraphic stem modulation, the 'banana' stroke in 'n' and 'm', and a double-storey 'a' with a lowered bowl — place it firmly in the Old Style/garalde classification.