This entry is for the Clarendon registered by Robert Besley and the Fann Street Foundry in 1845, and versions thereof. According to HiH, it “represents a significant change from the slab-serif Antiques & Egyptians that had become so popular in the prior three decades. Like Caslon’s Ionic of 1844, it brackets the serifs and strongly differentiates between the thick and thin strokes.”

Besley Clarendon ML (HiH 2008) is a digital interpretation by Tom Wallace and used for the sample. See also Antique Three (Wooden Type Fonts, 2005).