No free photograph
Jacques Sabon
French typrographer · France · On the map · Actors · Lived 1535 to 1580 · aged 45
Jacques Sabon was a French typefounder. He worked with Christian Egenolff in Frankfurt in 1555 and Christophe Plantin of Antwerp in 1565. He is associated with the forms of roman type which were being developed by Claude Garamond and others.
Jacques Sabon is read about 3 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 25 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?Also in Deutsch
About this person
On Garamond's death, Plantin and Sabon acquired much of his collection of type, and it is sometimes unclear which were Sabon's own design, and which Garamond's.
Country
France
Category
Actors
Type
TV Personality
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1535 to 1580 · aged 45
