Many typefaces designed with a pen on paper (especially those from the 20th century) were licensed by different foundries, and were later independently digitized by them. Some special characters such as @ or the euro sign, were independently added later. Those “alternate cuts” are different digital versions of basically the same typeface design. They often vary in character set, letter proportions and kerning. Some are published under different names.

 

Adobe Garamond

family of 20 fonts from Monotype Imaging

 

Adobe Garamondâ„¢

family of 21 fonts from Linotype