Caslon
/ˈkazlɒn
/ /ˈkazlən /noun [mass noun]
A kind of roman typeface first introduced in the 18th century.They excavated an assortment of typefaces, including Caslon, Scotch Roman and several different sans serif faces....
- Requiring everyone to write in a specific ‘hand’ seems on par with requiring all printed body copy to be set in Helvetica, or Caslon, or any other typeface.
- Type was the next consideration and as hand setting was to be the method, Bob settled on Monotype Caslon for basic text in the two available trade-set sizes, 12-point and 11-point.
Origin
Mid 19th century: named after William Caslon (1692–1766), English type founder.