What is this?

NV Garamond is an EB Garamond variant, with adjusted metrics and a 10% glyph size increase. This makes it ideal for digital reading on e-readers.

It serves a similar purpose to EB Garamond Absinthe as found on the MobileRead Forums, but other than some resized glyphs and adjusted metrics it does not contain any other alterations (default number symbols remain, for example).

How was this made?

Using FontForge. You too can learn how to scale glyphs, adjust metrics and generate a font.

I've included the FontForge files in this repository.

Versions

There is one version included in the repo:

• NV Garamond (Kobo): Best on Kobo. With adjusted metrics and a minor size bump, and old-style kerning. This enables improved kerning with the kepub renderer. Because this one starts thinner and at a tight line spacing, you have more control over the precise weight and line spacing on Kobo devices.

• NV Garamond (Classic): With adjusted metrics and a minor size bump. Because this one starts thinner and at a tight line spacing, you have more control over the precise weight and line spacing on Kobo devices.

License

As the original font, it is licensed under the permissive SIL Open Font License.