Cormorant Garamond is a serif font by Christian Thalmann, released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. A refined Garamond-style serif with delicate strokes; use bold for cutting. Below are monograms made with it in the styles it suits best; open the monogram maker with Cormorant Garamond selected to make your own with any initials and download SVG, PNG or PDF.
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Cormorant Garamond monogram examples
Using Cormorant Garamond for monograms
Cormorant Garamond is a refined old-style serif with delicate serifs; the bold weight is used so it survives cutting. It suits modern wedding stationery and place cards more than vinyl on tumblers.
About Cormorant Garamond
Cormorant Garamond is part of Christian Thalmann’s Cormorant family (Catharsis Fonts), a display family of 45 files across nine styles. It is inspired by Claude Garamont’s 16th-century types, but its description says no single historical font was used as a model; most glyphs were drawn from scratch.
It is a display design with small, delicate serifs, so it looks elegant at monogram size and gives an Old World feel without the reading difficulty of blackletter.
Cormorant Garamond measured from the font file
| Designer (Google Fonts record) | Christian Thalmann |
| Added to Google Fonts | January 2017 |
| Copyright line in the file | Copyright 2015 The Cormorant Project Authors (github.com/CatharsisFonts/Cormorant) |
| File version we measured | Version 4.001 |
| Characters in the file | 974 (1,308 glyphs) |
| Thinnest strokes (10th percentile) | 3.2% of the capital height |
| Main strokes (90th percentile) | 18.0% of the capital height |
| Thick-to-thin ratio | 5.6 : 1, very high stroke contrast |
| Typical capital width | 101% of its height (widest 147%) |
| Deepest capital below the baseline | J, 39% of the capital height |
| Outline points in A to Z | 1,656 (most: W, 98; fewest: O, 38) |
Worked example: how small can a Cormorant Garamond letter be cut?
Thin stroke = 0.032 x letter height. A 3 inch Cormorant Garamond capital therefore has strokes down to 2.45 mm. Taking 1 mm as a cautious minimum for weeding adhesive vinyl: 0.032 x H = 1 mm gives H = 31.1 mm, or 1.22 in per letter (1.53 in for heat-transfer or glitter vinyl, about 25% more). Monograms shrink letters to fit frames and stacks, hence our 2 in overall minimum for Cormorant Garamond.
Outline points: 1,656 across A to Z; W has 98, O only 38. A moderate outline that cuts at normal speed on any machine.
For names in the split and wedding styles, the file includes every accented letter we checked, so names such as René, Muñoz, Søren, Łukasz and Strauß set correctly.
Cormorant Garamond also works for the name or date text in split and wedding monograms; choose it under “Text font” in the tool.
Licence and download
Licence: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (commercial use allowed; the font may not be sold on its own). Files: Google Fonts and google/fonts.
Frequently asked questions
Is Cormorant Garamond free for commercial use?
Yes. Cormorant Garamond is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1, which allows you to use it commercially, including on products you sell, and to share the font file itself.
What is the smallest size Cormorant Garamond cuts well at?
About 2 inches wide in standard adhesive vinyl. Add about 25 percent for heat-transfer or glitter vinyl. Serifs cut well from about 1.5 to 2 inches; the thin hairline serifs on Bodoni-style faces are the only fragile part.
Which monogram styles suit Cormorant Garamond?
Two-letter monogram, Wedding monogram, Single initial monogram. Cormorant Garamond is a refined old-style serif with delicate serifs; the bold weight is used so it survives cutting.
Where do I download Cormorant Garamond?
From Google Fonts. Our maker loads it for you, so there is nothing to install.
More serif fonts
- Cinzel
- Cinzel Decorative
- Playfair Display
- Bodoni Moda
- Abril Fatface
- All monogram fonts
- Monogram maker
Styles to try
Last reviewed: 25 September 2026. The fonts are open-licensed (SIL OFL or Apache 2.0); see the font list for each licence. The frames are drawn by our own code. Something not working? Please let us know.