William Caslon I (1692/93 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the Elder, was an English typefounder. The distinction and legibility of his...
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Caslon is the name given to serif typefaces designed by William Caslon I (c. 1692–1766) in London, or inspired by his work. Caslon worked as an engraver...
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The Caslon type foundry was a type foundry in London which cast and sold metal type. It was founded by the punchcutter and typefounder William Caslon I...
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Caslon foundry (formed when William Caslon III left the original firm and acquired Joseph Jackson's foundry in 1792§ (Caslon foundry 1716; 1764; etc. §)...
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Egyptian is a typeface created by the Caslon foundry of Salisbury Square, London around or probably slightly before 1816, that is the first general-purpose...
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Look up Caslon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Caslon usually refers to William Caslon (I) of United Kingdom (1692–1766), who was an English gunsmith...
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typefaces of the period, especially those of his most eminent contemporary, William Caslon. Compared to earlier designs popular in Britain, Baskerville increased...
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Retrieved 21 July 2019. Caslon, William (c. 1816). [Specimens of printing types] (untitled specimen book). London: William Caslon IV. Retrieved 6 March...
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Retrieved May 19, 2020. Caslon, William IV (1816). Untitled fragment of a specimen book of printing types, c. 1816. London: William Caslon IV. Retrieved May...
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imitation of earlier styles of typeface, particularly the Caslon typeface cut by William Caslon from the 1720s, but with a modernised design. It was immediately...
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his 'Proscription or Posting letter of great bulk and dimension' and William Caslon II cast his 'Patagonian' or 'Proscription letters'." New technologies...
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characters in a single size. For example, 8-point Caslon Italic was one font, and 10-point Caslon Italic was another. Historically, a font came from...
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Christoffel van Dijck was trained as a goldsmith. In the eighteenth century, William Caslon took up the craft from engraving ornamental designs on firearms and...
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son in 1754 called William Caslon (III) and the following year another son named Henry Caslon. Her father in law, William Caslon (I), died in 1766. Elizabeth...
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UPS. William Caslon, during the mid-18th century, designed many typefaces, including ITC Founder's Caslon, ITC Founder's Caslon Ornaments, Caslon Graphique...
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A specimen sheet issued by William Caslon, letter founder, from the 1728 edition of Cyclopaedia...
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Example from 18th-century typesetting in England, William Caslon & Son's Specimen printed by William Caslon I (1692–1766) in 1763 in London. The sample shows...
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1476, when William Caxton introduced the printing press, importing at least some of the type that he used in printing. Until William Caslon (1692–1766)...
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faithfulness to the originals) of the work of Nicolas Jenson, William Caslon's "Caslon" typefaces and others such as Bembo and Garamond. Others such as...
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Burgerman Margaret Calvert Eric Carle David Carson Jacqueline Casey William Caslon Urso Chappell Elaine Lustig Cohen Fré Cohen Vincent Connare Muriel Cooper...
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of Spoken and Written English. Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-23725-4. Boltz, William G. (1994). The Origin and Early Development of the Chinese Writing System...
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unknown from, the most approved founts made by the late ingenious artist, William Caslon". The next year they published another "Specimen", with new founts,...
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Reverse-contrast typefaces (redirect from Caslon's Italian)
typeface dates to about 1821. It was created by the Caslon Type Foundry in London (then called Caslon and Catherwood), presumably as a parody of the crisp...
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patents the direct dial 1877 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. 1977 – William K. Heine invents the laser turntable. 1997 – ELP offers the first commercial...
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Cottrell and by William Caslon II by 1764, although casting large metal type in sand for book titles was used for centuries before that. Caslon's were apparently...
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(1683–1749), naturalist. His grave is lost. William Caslon the elder (1692/1693–1766), type founder, his son William Caslon II (1720–1778) and other members of...
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A specimen sheet of typefaces and languages, by William Caslon I, letter founder; from the 1734 Cyclopaedia. It uses as filler text an excerpt from Cicero's...
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History of Western typography (section Caslon)
forms. Caslon's italic structures follow the Fell italics, but at a condensed width and with conventional branching from stems. William Caslon's prodigious...
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Class: Old style Cambria Designer: Jelle Bosma Class: Other Caslon Designer: William Caslon Class: Old style Centaur Designer: Bruce Rogers Class: Old...
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contributed to the design of, many typefaces, including Trajan, Myriad and Adobe Caslon. Twombly retired from Adobe and from type design in early 1999, to focus...
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