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Introduction 1

Introduction 2

The Designer

Type Family

Study of Typeface

Type Anatomy

Comparison

Ligatures of Caslon

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William Caslon founded the Caslon Foundry at

around 1720,which became the leading

English typefoundry of the 18th and 19th centuries.

After the death of Willia

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Caslon II took over the Caslon

Foundry business,which lasted until Willia

m Caslon IV

sold the foundry to Blake, Gamett

& Co. In 1792,William Caslon III s

old his share of

Caslon Foundry to his mather and his

sister-in-law,the window of his brother Henry. In the

same year,Willia

m Caslon III purchased

the Salisbury Square foundry from the recently

deceased Joseph Jackson, and renamed it to

Caslon &Son. In 1807,Caslon & Son was passed to

William Caslon IV. In 1819, Willia

m Caslon

IV sold the Caslon &Son to the new Sheffield foundry

of Blake, Gamett & Co. In 1837, the

Caslon Foundry became the property of Stephenson,

Blake & Co. The family of Willia

m Caslon

III’ s sister-in-law kept the main Caslon Foundry

running until 1937, when Stephenson Blake

acquired the remianing H.W. Caslon & Sons Foundry.

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orn 1692

Died

January 23, 1766 (age 73-74)

Occupation G

unsmith and Type designerrface

William Caslon

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Category SerifClassification Old StyleDesigner William CaslonFoundry Caslon Type Fountry

Variations -Adobe Caslon -Big Caslon -LTC Caslon -Founders Caslon -ITC Founders Caslon -Caslon 3

-Caslon 224-Caslon 471-Caslon 540-Caslon 641-Caslon Old Face

Caslon is a group of serif typeface designed by William Caslon (1692-1766) ,and various revivals thereof.Caslon shares the irregularity characteristic of Dutch Baroque types.It is characterized by short a ascender, bracketed serif, moderately hight contrast , robust texture, and moderate modulation of stroke. The A has concave hollow at the apex, the G is without a spur.Caslon’s italic have rhythmic calligrahic stroke. Characters A, Vand W have an acute slant.Introduction

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William Caslon I- born 1692 in Cradley ,Worcestershire ,England , -died 1766 in Bethnnal Green, England -engraver ,type founder, typew designer.1706 begins a seven-year apprenticeship as an engraver with a london harness-maker.1716self-employed engraver. 1721: the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge commissionsCaslon to cast Arabric alphabets. 1725: set up his own tpye foundry. 1734: Caslon’s �rst one-page specimen is produced which illustrates 47 of his typefaces. 1737: the type foundry moves to Chiswell Street in London, where it continues to operate for 200 year’s.

William Caslon I

William Caslon II- born 1720 - died 1778 - type founder, type designer.1742: join his father’s company. 1763: father and son issue the �rst English book of type specimens, which includes 56 alphabets by Caslon senior and 27 by his son,designed between 1738 and 1766 :after the death of his father, Caslon junior runs the family business until 1778.

William Caslon II

William Caslon IIIWilliam 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 until 1819, when the foundry ,The type remainted the property of hte Caslon family until 1795.1807: Caslon IV take 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 , became the property of the Stephenson, Blake & Co.type foundry in She�eld.

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subtle di�erences between think and thin lines.

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Caslon is a classic Old Style typeface.Based on Humanist writingstyle & Roman inscriptions, old style typeface has the following characteristics.

Study of typeface

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Ligature of Caslon

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