Caslon

[kaz-luhn]

noun

1. William, 1692–1766, English type founder and designer.

2. Printing.,  an old-style type modeled after the types designed by William Caslon.

Caslon

/ ˈkæzlən /

noun

1. a style of type designed by William Caslon, English type founder (1692–1766)

Example Sentences

He also loves to mention typefaces — Bembo, Baskerville, Garamond, Caslon and Janson come up a lot — and the names of beautiful papers: Amalfi, Fabriano, Nideggen.

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Its distinctive typefaces remain: the historic Irvin, Caslon and their updated cousin Neutraface.

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Here were the factory gates of Palatino, Caslon and Bodoni, here the grimy industrial suburb of serifs.

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With a deep dedication to traditional printing — one of his sons is named Caslon, after the 18th-century type designer — he abhorred the notion of throwing out a book once it had been scanned.

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It is handsomely printed in large Caslon type on Dickinson's deckle-edged paper.

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