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1 Introduction 2 Type family 3 Type anatomy 4 Branding / Usage

Introduction He born in 1692, and he was dead at 23th Jan 1766.

He was born at Cradley , Worcestershire. He was an english gunsmith and a designer of typefaces.

He released his typefaces in 1722. His typefaces are inspired by the Dutch Baroque types, England used Caslon typefaces the most. First of his printed version are “ United States Declaration of Independence �.

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United States Declaration of Independence.

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Caslon 224 Italic

F e e p p y y TT Caslon 540 Regular

Caslon is a group of serif typefaces.

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Adobe Caslon

Type Anatomy

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Concave Apex

With Serif

Without spur

Long Tail

With Serif

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Flat Apex

Without serif

Spur attend

Short and geometric tail

Without Serif

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Type Anatomy

Branding

Logo of The Sisters of Mercy

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Fonts of University of Virginia

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Usage Fonts of magazine

Logo of football championship

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