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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: Akzidenz-Grotesk, Albertus (typeface), Aldus (typeface), American Typewriter, Antique Olive, Artcraft (typeface), Aster (typeface), Auriol (typeface), Banco (typeface), Bank Gothic, Baskerville, Bell (typeface), Bell Gothic, Bodoni, Broadway (typeface), Bulmer (typeface), Caledonia (typeface), Cartier (typeface), Caslon, Caslon Antique, Century Type Family, Cheltenham (typeface), City (typeface), Clarendon (typeface), Clearface, Cooper Black, Copperplate Gothic, Egyptienne (typeface), Eurostile, Folio (typeface), Franklin Gothic, Futura (typeface), Garamond, Goudy Old Style, Hobo (typeface), ITC Avant Garde, ITC Benguiat, Janson, Jim Crow (typeface), Kabel (typeface), Kuenstler Script, Microgramma (typeface), Mistral (typeface), Neuland, Palatino, Peignot (typeface), Porson (typeface), Scotch Roman, Souvenir (typeface), Univers, Windsor (typeface). Excerpt: Caslon is a group of serif typefaces designed by William Caslon I (1692-1766), and various revivals thereof. Caslon shares the irregularity characteristic of Dutch Baroque types. It is characterized by short ascenders and descenders, bracketed serifs, moderately high contrast, robust texture, and moderate modulation of stroke. The A has a concave hollow at the apex, the G is without a spur. Caslon's italics have a rhythmic calligraphic stroke. Characters A, V, and W have an acute slant. The italic p, Q, v, w, and z all have a suggestion of a swash. Caslon's earliest design dates to 1722. Caslon is cited as the first original typeface of English origin. Type historians Stanley Morison and Alfred F. Johnson, a scientist who worked at the British Museum, point out the close similarity of Caslon's design to the Dutch Fell types cut by Voskens and other type cut by the Dutchman Van Dyck. The earliest information about William Caslon as punch-cutter and typefounders...
