Posts Tagged ‘William Caslon’

Anatomy of a Type–3: Caslon, Part 2

As noted last month, remodeling of earlier Dutch types by William Caslon about the year 1720 created such a wide demand for the “English” letter that, except for the period 1790–1840, it has enjoyed most universal approval. Naturally enough, it became the principal type of the American colonial printers, most of whom depended upon England […]