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Sabon AI image prompts
Jan Tschichold's 1967 Garamond revival — a refined old-style serif engineered to print identically across hot-metal, Linotype, and Monotype machines. The disciplined modernist's homage to a Renaissance master. Use the prompts below in Midjourney, DALL·E, or Stable Diffusion — or build your own from the Sabon vocabulary.

Copy-ready prompts
Midjourney
a typographic specimen poster in the Sabon style, sabon typeface, jan tschichold, garamond revival serif, old-style book type, bracketed serifs, moderate contrast roman, three-machine compatible type, fine press book serif, old-style, bracketed-serif, moderate-contrast, calligraphic, highly detailed --ar 3:2 --no text, watermark
DALL·E / ChatGPT
A typographic specimen poster in the Sabon style. Emphasize sabon typeface, jan tschichold, garamond revival serif, old-style book type, bracketed serifs, moderate contrast roman, three-machine compatible type, fine press book serif. The mood is old-style, bracketed-serif, moderate-contrast, calligraphic. Highly detailed, no text or watermark, 3:2 landscape composition.
Stable Diffusion
a typographic specimen poster in the Sabon style, sabon typeface, jan tschichold, garamond revival serif, old-style book type, bracketed serifs, moderate contrast roman, three-machine compatible type, fine press book serif, old-style, bracketed-serif, moderate-contrast, calligraphic, highly detailed, sharp focus Negative prompt: text, watermark, signature, blurry, low quality, deformed
Sabon keyword vocabulary
Tap a keyword to collect it in the Designdeas prompt builder, then mix in your own subject.
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