Adobe Caslon

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Release Year
1989
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Classification
Serif, Old Style
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Distributor(s)
Adobe, MyFonts, FontShop, Veer, Linotype
Tags
18th century, benjamin franklin, books, british, english, revival, serif, text

Background

Based on the original Caslon face cut by William Caslon in the eighteenth century.

Background Source

  • The Elements of Typographic Style (version 2.5), Robert Bringhurst, 1992, 2002

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