![]() He worked in the tradition of what is now called old-style serif letter design, that produced letters with a relatively organic structure resembling handwriting with a pen. 1692–1766) in London, or inspired by his work.Ĭaslon worked as an engraver of punches, the masters used to stamp the moulds or matrices used to cast metal type. It is used by Boston magazine and the Harvard Crimson.Ĭaslon is the name given to serif typefaces designed by William Caslon I (c. Initially published by his company Carter & Cone, in 2014 Carter revisited the design adding bold and black designs with matching italics, and republished it through Font Bureau. The standard weight is bundled with Apple’s macOS operating system in a release including small caps and alternates such as the long s. The typeface is intended for use at 18pt and above. These have a unique design with dramatic stroke contrast, complementary but very different from Caslon’s text faces one was apparently originally created by Joseph Moxon rather than Caslon. Big Caslon by Matthew Carter is inspired by the “funkiness” of the three largest sizes of type from the Caslon foundry. ![]()
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