An attempt at “an accurate revival of William Caslon’s original
types, in all their variations from size to size.” — John D. Berry
in U&lc, Vol. 25 No. 3,
1998 [pdf].
In total, Justin Howes produced 14 size-specific fonts and made
them available via his own H W
Caslon label as Founders Caslon [sic], in three
packages;
Text (8, 10, 12, 14, 18pt),
Caslon 1776 (just the 14pt size, named in reference to
the type “used by Philadelphia printer John Dunlap in 1776 for
the
first-ever printing of the United States’ Declaration of
Independence”), and
Display (22, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 60, 72, and 96pt a.k.a.
Poster). All three include Caslon Ornaments, “a
selection of some of Caslon’s best More…
An attempt at “an accurate revival of William Caslon’s original types, in all their variations from size to size.” — John D. Berry in U&lc, Vol. 25 No. 3, 1998 [pdf].
In total, Justin Howes produced 14 size-specific fonts and made them available via his own H W Caslon label as Founders Caslon [sic], in three packages; Text (8, 10, 12, 14, 18pt), Caslon 1776 (just the 14pt size, named in reference to the type “used by Philadelphia printer John Dunlap in 1776 for the first-ever printing of the United States’ Declaration of Independence”), and Display (22, 24, 30, 36, 42, 48, 60, 72, and 96pt a.k.a. Poster). All three include Caslon Ornaments, “a selection of some of Caslon’s best ornament designs”
The ITC release includes a text size (Twelve), three display sizes (Thirty, Forty-Two, Poster), and the ornaments. The roman-only Poster size is “based on contemporary proofs of the only authentic wood-letter version of Caslon Old Face, produced in the 1890s by the H W Caslon firm in a range of sizes. The text size, the 30-point, and the 42-point have italics and small caps, and the 42-point also has alternate italics.” [Berry] The rights to the fonts not released by ITC were bequeathed to St. Bride Library [Thomas].
