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DropCaps 5 Anatomy 7 Ligatures 9

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IN CONGRESS, July 4, 1776.

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A Declaration By the REPRESENATIVES of the

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, In GENERAL CONGRESS assembled

HEN in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

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Adobe Caslon Pro Regular Drop Caps 2 lines

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he Caslon types were distributed throughout the British Empire, including British North America. Much of the decayed appearance of early American printing is thought to be due to oxidation caused by long exposure to seawater during transport from England to the Americas. Caslon's types were immediately successful and used in many historic documents, including the U.S. Declaration of Independence.

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fter William Caslon I’s death, the use of his types diminished, but saw a revival between 1840–80 as a part of the British Arts and Crafts movement. The Caslon design is still widely used today. For many years a common rule of thumb of printers and typesetters was when in doubt, use Caslon. 12/16pt

Adobe Caslon Pro Regular Drop Caps 2 lines

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everal revivals of Caslon do not include a bold weight. This is because it was unusual practice to use bold weights in typesetting during the 18th century, and Caslon never designed one. For emphasis, italics or a larger point size, and sometimes caps and small caps would be used instead.

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t should be noted, that some revivals have little or nothing in common with the 18th century type cut by Caslon,besides the serifs and the name.

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lignment Caslon's earliest design dates to 1722. Caslon is cited as the first original typeface of English origin. justified left 12/14pt

Caslon's earliest design dates to 1722. Caslon is cited as the first original typeface of English origin. justified right 12/14pt

Caslon's earliest design dates to 1722. Caslon is cited as the first original typeface of English origin. centered 12/14pt


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