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	William Caslon - Font Designer of Caslon
		William Caslon I: William Caslon I — born 1692 in Cradley, Worcestershire, England, died 1766 in Bethnal Green, England — engraver, type founder, type designer.
		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 remained the property of the Caslon family until 1795.
		William Caslon IV — born 1780, died 1869 — type founder.
	www.linotype.com /7-348-7/williamcaslon.html (362 words)

	William Caslon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		A Specimen of typeset fonts and languages, by William Caslon, letter founder; from the 1728 Cyclopaedia.
		William Caslon (1692–1766) was an English gunsmith and designer of typographic fonts.
		Caslon typefaces were very popular and used for many important printed works, including the first printed version of the Declaration of Independence.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Caslon (234 words)

	Caslon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Caslon is the name of a large family of roman typefaces designed by William Caslon's and first shown in 1734 in a broadside specimen now highly sought-after by collectors.
		Caslon is a late old-style type design combining characteristics of Venetian antiqua letter forms with other traits from the true modern romans that came after it.
		Caslon and its descendants included a substantial array of ligatures and swash characters.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Caslon (378 words)

	Emigre Fonts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Caslon types became prevalent in England and throughout her colonies in the latter half of the 18th century.
		Caslon No. 471 was used as the starting point, and what resulted from the makeover was a new face with more consistent color, shorter descenders, lining figures substituted for old style figures in the primary font, and noticeable changes in the features of a very few characters.
		Big Caslon is the name of Matthew Carter's digital characterization of the Caslon firm's mid-18th-century specimen showings of large roman display types, which because of their lack of strict stylistic conformity with William Caslon's smaller roman faces, may have been the work of other hands.
	www.emigre.com /EFoINotF.php (4191 words)

	ITC Founder's Caslon - ITCFonts.com
		When Caslon’s typefaces were revived in the middle of the 19th century, after the onslaught of the “modern” Didots and Bodonis, they were used at first for “old-fashioned” books and books that might or might not be read straight through.
		William Caslon I was the preeminent punch-cutter and type supplier of 18th-century England, and his types crossed the Atlantic to become the standard medium for the printed word in the American colonies as well.
		By the 1730s, Caslon was dominating his competitors and had issued his first type-specimen sheet, showing not only a wide range of roman and italic text and display sizes but also fonts of Hebrew, Greek, Armenian, Syriac, Gothic, Coptic, Saxon, Samaritan, and Arabic.
	www.itcfonts.com /Ulc/2532/Caslon.htm (1043 words)

	Caslon
		The first Caslon old faces were designed in 1725 by William Caslon.
		Caslon types are considered warm and friendly and comfortable to the eye.
		The strokes in Caslon are heavier than many earlier old style fonts ; the serifs are thicker and a bit stubby.
	abc.planet-typography.com /classic/caslon.html (58 words)

	William Caslon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		William Caslon, the first of a family of English type founders, was born at Cradley, Worcestershire in 1692, and in 1716 started business in London as an engraver of gun locks and barrels, and as a bookbinder's tool-cutter.
		The use of Caslon types, discontinued about the beginning of the 19th century, was revived about 1845 at the suggestion of Sir Henry Cole, and used for printing the Diary of Lady Willoughby (a pseudo 17th century story) by the Chiswick Press.
		His son, William Caslon (1720-1778), who had been partner with his father for some years, continued the business.
	www.nndb.com /people/271/000095983 (199 words)

	Printable Version on Encyclopedia.com
		CASLON, WILLIAM [Caslon, William], 1692-1766, English type designer, b.
		The merits of Caslon's types were rediscovered after a brief eclipse in the popularity of John Baskerville 's types.
		Caslon's individual letters are less impressive than those of Baskerville and Giambattista Bodoni, but their regularity, legibility, and sensitive proportions constituted a remarkable achievement in design.
	www.encyclopedia.com /printable.aspx?id=1E1:Caslon-W (119 words)

	William Caslon
		Caslon is regarded by many to be the greatest of English letter writers.
		Caslon types were actually modelled on Dutch type but were much more delicate and interesting.
		The taste for Caslon spread to America, and Caslon was the type used for the Declaration of Independence of the USA in 1776.
	www.identifont.com /show?2AI (237 words)

	Adobe Caslon
		Caslon’s types were based on seventeenth-century Dutch old style designs, which were then used extensively in England.
		For her Caslon revival, designer Carol Twombly studied specimen pages printed by William Caslon between 1734 and 1770.
		Adobe Caslon is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.
	store.adobe.com /type/browser/P/P_180.html (169 words)

	William Caslon
		Caslon was fantastically popular during the period and was used by many of Williamsburg's printers.
		William Parks was the first Williamsburg printer to use Caslon type in his shop, even though it wasn't until very late in his career.
		William Parks was the first Williamsburg printer to use Caslon type in his shop, even though it wasn't until very late in his career in the town.
	www.happysnowman.com /desbib/type/caslon.html (242 words)

	william caslon
		The young Caslon, who had been born in Cradley, Worcestershire in 1692, was a skilled engraver and toolmaker.
		The taste for Caslon spread to the United States, and Caslon was the typeface used for the Declaration of Independence in 1776, joining that other great export from the East End - the Liberty Bell.
		The Caslon connection with typefounding disappeared for good when the other family foundry, HW Caslon and Co, having passed down through various members of the family until 1937, was itself sold to Stephenson Blake.
	www.eastlondonhistory.com /caslon.htm (845 words)

	Treasures: Columbia Rare Book & Manuscript Library (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Trained as an engraver, William Caslon was not only an artist but also a superior craftsman whose work marks a turning point in English type-founding.
		Impressed with his punches for bookbinders, the English printers William Bowyer, the elder, and John Watts advanced money to Caslon to set up a foundry in 1720; at the time, besides the foundry at Oxford University Press, there were only two foundries of any consequence in England.
		By 1730 Caslon was already a leading type founder in London, but it was not until 1734 that he issued his first specimen sheet; this copy is from the American Type Founders Company Library.
	www.columbia.edu /acis/textarchive/rare/44.html (167 words)

	Development of Print
		William Caslon's type, which appeared in 1722, remained throughout most of the century the popular type in England and the American colonies.
		Caslon's letters were based on the Dutch types used at the beginning of the century, refined in form and cut for fluent combination.
		The type itself was not remarkably different from Caslons, although it was based on the living pen forms of the time.
	www.umich.edu /~ece/student_projects/pamela_illustrated/print.htm (397 words)

	AllRefer.com - William Caslon (Libraries, Books, And Printing, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		William Caslon[kaz´lun] Pronunciation Key, 1692–1766, English type designer, b.
		The merits of Caslon's types were rediscovered after a brief eclipse in the popularity of John Baskerville's types.
		His business was carried on by his eldest son, William (1720–78).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Caslon-W.html (235 words)

	CASLON - Online Information article about CASLON
		WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. Ger.
		1130-C. William Caslon (1692-1766), the first of the name, was See also:
		His son, William Caslon (1720-1778), who had been partner with his See also:
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /CAR_CAU/CASLON.html (406 words)

	William Caslon I : MyFonts
		Caslon started work as apprentice to a London gunsmith, and set up his own business in 1716 engraving gunlocks and bookbinding tools.
		Updike explains the fame and excellence of Caslon’s types thus: “While he modelled his letters on Dutch types, they were much better; for he introduced into his fonts a quality of interest, a variety of design, and a delicacy of modelling, which few Dutch types possessed.
		The foundry, eventually known as H.W. Caslon and Co., passed down through various members of the family until 1937, when the rights were transferred to Stephenson Blake.
	www.myfonts.com /person/caslon-i/william (348 words)

	>> P22 - Audio
		William Caslon was an 18th century type designer.
		The William Caslon Experience is an accomplished musical duo who create unique, lush electronic downtempo landscapes.
		The William Caslon Experience have released 4 full length CDs and have had tracks remixed by DJ luminaries: The Herbaliser and Fila Brazillia.
	www.p22.com /products/cds.html (321 words)

	The 18th Century Book Trade: Section Two
		Caslon's types dominated English printing in the eighteenth century.
		Mosley, "The early career of William Caslon", JPHS 3, 1967; Ball, J., William Caslon, 1693-1766, Kineton, 1973.
		This volume was actually printed by William Smellie (see: Item 11) who was an employee of the firm.
	www.ucalgary.ca /UofC/departments/INFO/library/SpecColl/OccPaper/section2.html (537 words)

	Bacgrounds: William Bowyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Although descended from a family of London grocers, William Bowyer went into printing and publishing, becoming one of the leading men in his profession, and he was known as "the learned printer".
		As his father was also William Bowyer he was usually referred to as William Bowyer the younger.
		William Bowyer was quick to take advantage of the revolution in new type faces pioneered by the Worcestershire-born typefounder William Caslon (1692-1766).
	web.ukonline.co.uk /nigel.edwards/bowyer.html (407 words)

	William Caslon
		William Caslon was born in the village of Cradley, in Worcestershire, England.
		In 1720, Caslon began his career in type design by accepting a commission to create a typeface for the New Testament in Arabic.
		Caslon expanded his business into Britain’s first major type foundry, moving, in 1737, into the Chiswell Street Foundry, where his family would continue in the trade for over 120 years.
	www.typographia.org /1999/graphion/caslon.html (202 words)

	Families of Type (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Caslon was a engraver who specialized in ornamenting and personalizing gun locks and barrels and occasionally engraving lettering for bookbinders.
		Caslon's type brought him fame and his foundry became the largest and most prestigious in England.
		While not as elegant as the French types, Caslon’s designs embodied a sturdier grace which better suited the English aesthetic.Every foundry in the world has offered a variation of the Caslon types, and the phrase, “When in doubt, use Caslon,” was a standard printer's epithet for generations.
	graphicdesign.sfcc.spokane.cc.wa.us /tutorials/process/type_basics/type_families.htm (1696 words)

	Caslon Bold font download - ParaType Fonts
		Caslon modeled his designs based on late 17th century Dutch types, but his artistic skills enabled him to improve those models, bringing a variety of forms and subtlety of details.
		Strokes in Caslon fonts are somewhat heavier than in earlier Old Style fonts, serifs are thicker and a bit stubby.
		Caslon is a favorite font of English printers for setting of classical literature.
	www.paratype.ru /pstore/fonts/Caslon-Bold.htm (194 words)

	Die 100 Besten Schriften
		Bevor William Caslon (geboren 1692) seine erste Schrift schneidet, betreibt er in London eine erfolgreiche Gravur-Werkstatt.
		Weil er auch Prägestempel für zwei benachbarte Buchbinder schnitt, kam Caslon bald mit dem grafischen Gewerbe in Berührung.
		Außerdem macht sie Caslon unabhängig von den Importen der holländischen Schriftengiesser, die zu jener Zeit führend sind.
	www.100besteschriften.de /47_Caslon.html (383 words)

	GRA1206 Lesson 10
		Modeled on metal types cut by William Caslon in the 1720s, Adobe Caslon captures the essence of the original and expands the family for modern uses.
		With Adobe Caslon, as well as Lithos, Charlemagne, Trajan, and many other popular fonts under her belt, it's easy to see why many graphic design professionals consider Twombly as a significant contributor to the field of typography.
		Her font mimics Caslon's letters quite well at text sizes, but she stipulates that her font should never be used above 14-point—it is not meant to be a display face.
	faculty.mdc.edu /earteaga/gra1206/1206l10.html (1141 words)

	Caslon 1776 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Caslon 1776 is currently available for both Mac and PC in Adobe Type 1 format, and for the PC in Truetype format.
		Caslon Old Face has been in almost continuous use ever since it was first cut by William Caslon in the 1720s.
		1776 is an affordable introduction to Caslon, so-called because 14-point Caslon Old Face was the type used by Philadelphia printer John Dunlap in 1776 for the first-ever printing of the United States’ Declaration of Independence.
	www.hwcaslon.com /catp1.asp (220 words)

	No. 787: Stereotyping
		Caslon engraved locks and barrels on fancy guns.
		Caslon had never even seen type being cut, but he had artistic skill.
		Caslon was the archetype of the superb professional -- modest, able, reliable.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi787.htm (496 words)

	18th Century Ligatures and Fonts
		Caslon should not be used bolded; rather, a larger point size should be used.
		I have created a Caslon which is intended to exactly match the typeface found in The Practical Surveyor, by Samuel Wyld, published in London in 1725.
		William Caslon started in the engraving business around 1716, and seems to have ordered a sample type sheet of his font in 1722.
	www.orbitals.com /self/ligature/ligature.htm (924 words)

	Famous graphic designers, Brody, Carson, Glaser, Caslon, Bodoni
		A typeface designer and engraver, William Caslon lived in England between 1692 and 1766.
		William Caslon's typefaces became extremely popular in the mid-to-late 18th century and were used for many important printed works.
		A version of Caslon typeface was used for printing the first edition of the United States Declaration of Independence.
	www.designtalkboard.com /design-articles/famous-designers.php (593 words)

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