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Colophon
from William Caslon
Usages
aslon’s fonts are such a versatile typeface with a friendly, homey quality. While the individual letterforms are not particularly elegant, this font has altogether a pleasing aspect.
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Superior legibility, beautiful curves and lines with varied weight and tension are all trademarks of any Caslon typeface. As such, Caslon lends itself very well to books, official documents, magazines and journals that require large amounts of reading, because it is a good font for body text.
English roman, a Latin text face of the Caslon stable of typefaces. Restored extract from the specimen sheet below.
Caslon has been revived by a number of people and companies. One of the most popular is Adobe Caslon Pro which is the font used for The New Yorker.”
William Caslon’s 1734 Specimen sheet, some of which is set in the Caslon typeface.
Sample page from the Australian Book Review, set entirely in Adobe Caslon
Editors: Claire Fitzsimmons Authors: Ralph Rugoff Book design: Megumi Nishimura Copy editor: Lindsey Westbrook Director of publications: Erin Lampe Project manager: Meghan Ryan Printer: Westcan Printing Group, Akron, Ohio Distribution: Distributed Arts Publishing Inc., Ohio
©2014 Mary Schiller Myers School of Art, Folk Hall 150 E. Exchange St., Akron, OH 44325-7801
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any manner without permission. All images are © the artists, reproduced with the kind permission of the artists and/or their representatives.
This book is typeset in Adobe Caslon Pro Italic, a typeface designed by William Caslon. The Adobe Caslon Pro version was released between 1734 and 1770. Adobe Caslon Pro contains capital letters, small caps, old style figures, swash letters, ligatures, alternate letters, symbols, fractions, subscripts and superscripts, and ornaments.
It combines the aesthetic and functional qualities that make type highly readable for text publishing needs. The main text of this volume was typeset in 14 point. The titles were set in Adobe Caslon Pro Regular, type set 100 points, also by William Caslon.
ISBN 978-0-9802055-1-0
