William Caslon, Caslon, (born 1692, Cradley, Worcestershire, Worcestershire, Eng.—died Jan. 23, 1766, Bethnal reen, !ondon", English ty#e$o%nder &ho, bet&een 172' and 1726, designed the ty#e$ace that bears his nae. )is &or* hel#ed to oderni+e oderni+e the boo*, a*ing it a se#arate creation rather than a #rinted iitation o$ the old hand#rod%ced hand#rod%ced boo*. Caslon began his career as an a##rentice to an engra-er o$ g%nloc*s and barrels. barrels. n 1716 he o#ened his o&n engra-ing sho# in !ondon and soon began to a*e tools $or boo*binders and sil-er chasers. When his &or* cae to the attention o$ the #rinter John Watts, Caslon &as gi-en the tas* o$ c%tting ty#e #%nches $or -ario%s #resses in !ondon. n 172' he designed an /English 0rabic ty#e$ace %sed in a #salter and a e& estaent. &o years later he c%t e4cellent roan, roan, italic, and )ebre& ty#e$aces $or the #rinter Willia Bo&yer5 the roan ty#e$ace, &hich &as rst %sed in 1726, later cae to be called Caslon. he s%ccess o$ Caslons ne& ty#e$aces in England &as alost instantaneo%s, and, as a res%lt, he recei-ed loans and s%8cient trade to enable hi to set %# a co#lete ty#e$o%ndry. ro 172' to 17:', $e& boo*s &ere #rinted in England that did not %se ty#e $ro his $o%ndry. Caslons rst s#ecien sheet &as iss%ed in 173; and e4hibited his roan and italic ty#es in 1; dia4on -igo%r. -igo%r. 0$ter 0$ter 173? Caslons eldest son, Willia (172'@::", Aoined hi and by abo%t 17;2 had becoe a #artner. ho%gh the son lac*ed his $athers great abilities, he aintained the re#%tation o$ the r and, &ith the aid o$ his &i$e, Eli+abeth, anaged it s*ill$%lly. 0$ter Willias death in 17::, the original Caslon >on $o%ndry &as di-ided aong his heirs. FONT Caslon Caslon is a gro%# o$ seri$ ty#e$aces designed by Willia Caslon (1692@ 1766", and -ario%s re-i-als thereo$. Caslon shares the irreg%larity characteristic o$ =%tch Baro%e ty#es. t is characteri+ed by short ascenders and descenders, brac*eted seri$s, oderately high contrast,
rob%st te4t%re, and oderate od%lation o$ stro*e. he 0 has a conca-e hollo& at the a#e4, the is &itho%t a s#%r. CaslonDs italics ha-e a rhythic calligra#hic stro*e. Characters 0, , and W ha-e an ac%te slant. he italic #, F, -, &, and + all ha-e a s%ggestion o$ a s&ash.
Adobe Caslon (1990) 0dobe Caslon is a -ariant designed by Carol &obly and based on the CaslonDs o&n s#ecien #ages #rinted bet&een 173; and 177'. >all ca#s, old style g%res, s&ash letters, ligat%res, alternate letters, $ractions, s%bscri#ts and s%#erscri#ts, and ornaents &ere incl%ded &ith the 0dobe Caslon E4#ert $aily. 0dobe Caslon Gro incor#orates the #re-io%s e4#ert letters, adds ordinals, arbitrary $ractions, and e4tends the lang%age co-erage to incl%de central E%ro#ean lang%ages. 0dobe Caslon is the ty#e$ace %sed $or body te4t in he e& Hor*er. 0dobe Caslon is one o$ the t&o o8cial ty#e$aces o$ the Ini-ersity o$ irginia. t %ses a odication o$ Caslon Gro $or the Ini-ersity o$ irginia logo Caslon Old Face Caslon ld ace is a ty#e$ace that a##ears to be tr%e to those designed by Willia Caslon hisel$. riginally Caslon ld ace &as the Caslon atrices and ty#e that &ere #ro#erty o$ the ).W. Caslon >ons $o%ndry. n 1937, the ).W. Caslon >ons $o%ndry &as ac%ired by >te#henson Bla*e Co &ho therea$ter added Dthe Caslon !etter o%ndryD to their nae. eorge stroch%ls*i ada#ted the designs $ro >te#henson Bla*e Co $or #hotoco#osition at Kergenthaler !inoty#e &ith s*ill and %nderstanding d%ring the 19?'s. 0 -ariety o$ ty#e$aces called Caslon ld ace are a-ailable coercially. is%al di
).W. Caslon >ons $o%ndry by Katthe& Carter o$ Carter Cone in 199;. he ty#e$ace is intended $or %se at eighteen #oint and abo-e. t is b%ndled &ith 0##leDs > L o#erating syste. Caslon 224 Caslon 22; &as designed by Ed Beng%iat o$ C, and released in 19:3. he res%lt o$ his e