Where do all the fonts get their names from?
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Garamond gets its name from Claude Garamond (c 1500s). Likewise Gill Sans gets its name from Eric Gill. The “Sans” simply refers to “sans serif,” a [font lacking serifs](https://visualhierarchy.co/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/serif-sansserif.jpg). Fonts like Papyrus, Jokerman and Comic Sans get their names from the style they’re going for. Same with Futura etc.
There’s a good amount of variety… it’s often linked with the creator and/or style they were going after.
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