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William Caslon – Born 1692 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England, died 1766 inBethnal Green, England – Engraver, type founder, type designer.
Information of typographer
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History of William Caslon
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Type family of Caslon
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Type anatomy of Caslon
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Information Of Typographer
William Caslon Born: 1692 Birthplace: Cradley, Worcestershire, England Died: 23-Jan-1766 Location of death: London, England Cause of death: unspecified Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Typographer Nationality: England Executive summary: English type designer
William Caslon, the first of a family of English type founders, was born at Cradley, Worcestershire in 1692, and in 1716 started business in London as an engraver of gun locks and barrels, and as a bookbinder's tool-cutter. Being thus brought into contact with printers,he was induced to fit up a type foundry, largely through the encouragement of printer William Bowyer. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent.The use of Caslon types, discontinued about the beginning of the 19th century, was revived about 1845 at the suggestion of Sir Henry Cole, and used for printing the Diary of Lady Willoughby (a pseudo 17th century story) by the Chiswick Press. The head line on this page is "Caslon Old Face." He died on the 23rd of January 1766. His son, William Caslon (1720-1778), who had been partner with his father for some years, continued the business. The original printing of the American Declaration of Independence was set with Caslon type, and derivatives of these typefaces continue to be used as computer fonts.
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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Hist of ca s History of William Caslon William Caslon was born in the village of Cradley, in Worcestershire, England. He was taken in as an apprentice engraver in London at the age of 13; by age 24 he had become a successful independent engraver. In 1720, Caslon began his career in type design by accepting a commission to create a typeface for the New Testament in Arabic. His subsequent roman typeface was an instant success, and set an example for beauty and readability for all later type. Caslon expanded his business into Britain’s first major type foundry, moving, in 1737, into the Chiswell Street Foundry, where his family would continue in the trade for over 120 years. Caslon type fell into disuse at the start of the 19th century. But in 1844, Charles Whittingham initiated a Caslon revival by using the typeface to create an archaic effect for the Chiswick Press publication of The Diary of Lady Willoughby. This revival was taken up in America by L.J. Johnson, who copied the Caslon face in 1858, and sold it under the name “Old Style”. Though often criticized, the Caslon typeface remains one of the most popular of all time.
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William Caslon II: William Caslon II – born 1720, died 1778 – type founder, type designer. 1742: joins his father’s company. 1763: father and son issue the first English book of type specimens, which includes 56 alphabets by Caslon senior and 27 by his son, designed between 1738 and 1763. 1766: after the death of his father, Caslon junior runs the family business until 1778. William Caslon III: William Caslon III – born 1754, died 1833 – type founder.
Caslon III sold his share of the business to his mother and daugther-in-law and used the money to buy the Jackson type foundry, The type foundry remained the property of the Caslon family until 1795.
William Caslon IV: William Caslon IV – born 1780, died 1869 – type founder.
1807: Caslon IV takes over the running of the type foundry until 1819, when the foundry is bought by Blake, Garnett & Co. 1837: the type foundry, still under the name of Caslon, becomes the property of the Stephenson, Blake & Co. type foundry in Sheffield.
Type family of Caslon Various version of the Caslon has been developed through out the world. Though the skeleton remains the same, unique features have been added to distinguish among various type foundries found through out the world. There are 13 variation of Caslon found in the world today.
LTC Caslon Caslon 471 Caslon old face Caslon 641 William caslon ITC caslon
Caslon 224 Caslon 54 LTC caslon Big caslon Adobe caslon Founders caslon
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Type anatomy of Caslon
Large olique serif
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Almost vertical serif
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Concave extended apex
Two part tail
Lightly raised serif
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Pear shape ear
Wide bowl
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Small foot
Small triangle
Small f lat serif
The ampersand of Caslon is perhaps the
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It distinguishes Caslon form the rest of the
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typeface because of its skeleton.
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Cupped apex of the A Hook of the J
Right diagonally bent serif Serif of the leg is thicker
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