Based on data from either tradition he learned his art from Geofroy Tory. Fount designed by Garamond were utilized in the printeries of the Estienne family, Colines, Plantin, and Bodoni, and types utilized per Elzevir family were based on his designs. His royal Greek type (Grecs du Roi), designed for Francis I, imitated the Greek write about the scholar of his period (Angelos Vergetios). His Roman and italic types, however, were innovations in this it were designed when metallic nature and severity, non when imitations of handwriting. His Roman letterforms won general acceptance within France and elsewhere and were a primary influence within establishing the Roman letter when standard, in situ of the gothic or even blackletter.