Galliard is Matthew Carter’s most distinctive text typeface. Based on the 16th-century roman and italic types of Robert Granjon, Galliard brings back some of the sparkle that’s lacking in many revivals of French Renaissance typefaces, while being extremely readable en masse. Galliard has been the text typeface used for the volumes in the Library of America series since its inception in 1982. It is a popular book face, as well as adding elegance to advertising and collateral for cultural institutions. It is sometimes paired as a text face with the all-caps Mantinia for large titles.