For other uses or meanings of Caslon, see Caslon (disambiguation).
William Caslon
Portrait (Caslon holding a specimen of his types) by Francis Kyte
Born
1692/93
Cradley, Worcestershire
Died
23 January 1766 (aged 72–73)
London, England
Occupations
Gunsmith
type designer
William Caslon I (1692/93 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the Elder,[1] was an English typefounder. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent. His typefaces transformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style.[2]
WilliamCaslon I (1692/93 – 23 January 1766), also known as WilliamCaslon the Elder, was an English typefounder. The distinction and legibility of his...
Caslon is the name given to serif typefaces designed by WilliamCaslon I (c. 1692–1766) in London, or inspired by his work. Caslon worked as an engraver...
The Caslon type foundry was a type foundry in London which cast and sold metal type. It was founded by the punchcutter and typefounder WilliamCaslon I...
typefaces of the period, especially those of his most eminent contemporary, WilliamCaslon. Compared to earlier designs popular in Britain, Baskerville increased...
Caslon foundry (formed when WilliamCaslon III left the original firm and acquired Joseph Jackson's foundry in 1792§ (Caslon foundry 1716; 1764; etc. §)...
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...
son in 1754 called WilliamCaslon (III) and the following year another son named Henry Caslon. Her father in law, WilliamCaslon (I), died in 1766. Elizabeth...
Retrieved May 19, 2020. Caslon, William IV (1816). Untitled fragment of a specimen book of printing types, c. 1816. London: WilliamCaslon IV. Retrieved May...
his 'Proscription or Posting letter of great bulk and dimension' and WilliamCaslon II cast his 'Patagonian' or 'Proscription letters'." New technologies...
UPS. WilliamCaslon, during the mid-18th century, designed many typefaces, including ITC Founder's Caslon, ITC Founder's Caslon Ornaments, Caslon Graphique...
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...
Christoffel van Dijck was trained as a goldsmith. In the eighteenth century, WilliamCaslon took up the craft from engraving ornamental designs on firearms and...
Example from 18th-century typesetting in England, WilliamCaslon & Son's Specimen printed by WilliamCaslon I (1692–1766) in 1763 in London. The sample shows...
1476, when William Caxton introduced the printing press, importing at least some of the type that he used in printing. Until WilliamCaslon (1692–1766)...
Cottrell and by WilliamCaslon II by 1764, although casting large metal type in sand for book titles was used for centuries before that. Caslon's were apparently...
A specimen sheet of typefaces and languages, by WilliamCaslon I, letter founder; from the 1734 Cyclopaedia. It uses as filler text an excerpt from Cicero's...
forms. Caslon's italic structures follow the Fell italics, but at a condensed width and with conventional branching from stems. WilliamCaslon's prodigious...
patents the direct dial 1877 – Thomas Edison patents the phonograph. 1977 – William K. Heine invents the laser turntable. 1997 – ELP offers the first commercial...
(1683–1749), naturalist. His grave is lost. WilliamCaslon the elder (1692/1693–1766), type founder, his son WilliamCaslon II (1720–1778) and other members of...
Class: Old style Cambria Designer: Jelle Bosma Class: Other Caslon Designer: WilliamCaslon Class: Old style Centaur Designer: Bruce Rogers Class: Old...
Greek". Retrieved 2012-07-13. The Ligatures of Early Printed Greek by William H. Ingram Duke University Libraries Greek, Roman and Byzantine Studies...
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