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c Introdution to Caslon 4

Type family of 6Caslon

Type anatomy of 8Caslon

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William Caslon :William Caslon – born 1692 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England, died 1766 in Bethnal Green, England – engraver, type founder, type designer.

1706: begins a seven-year apprenticeship as an engraver with a London harness-maker. 1716: self-employed engraver. 1721: the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge commissions Caslon to cast Arabic alphabets. 1725: sets up his own type foundry. 1734: Caslon’s �rst one-page specimen is produced which illustrates 47 of his typefaces. 1737: the type foundry moves to Chiswell Street in London, where it continues to operate for 200 years.

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cHistory of Caslon typeface

Caslon was designed in the 18 th century William Caslon, a british typographer.

William Caslon's 1734 Specimen sheet, some of which is set in the Caslon typeface.

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