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Caslon Old Face

Caslon Old Face

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Complete family of 3 fonts: $79.99 USD
Caslon Old Face Font Family was designed by George Ostrochulski, William Caslon and published by Bitstream. Caslon Old Face contains 3 styles and family package options.

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    About Caslon Old Face Font Family


    William Caslon established the first major English typefoundry, re-creating earlier Dutch designs with excellent craftsmanship, color and rhythm. Caslon Old Face is one of many faithful revivals; the original matrices (from many hands; the lowercase of the 48 point is Moxon’s 1669 Great Canon) survive at Stephenson Blake. George Ostrochulski adapted this design for photocomposition at Mergenthaler with skill and understanding.

    Designers: George Ostrochulski, William Caslon

    Publisher: Bitstream

    Foundry: Bitstream

    Original Foundry: Mergenthaler

    Design Owner: Bitstream

    MyFonts debut: Jan 1, 2000

    Caslon Old Face

    About Bitstream

    Bitstream is known among type enthusiasts and professionals alike as being one of the companies that lead the way towards the democratization of type. For centuries, the type world had been the exclusive domain of skilled typographers who worked large, cumbersome presses. With the birth of digital type though, came a revolution in the industry that enabled Bitstream, one of the first digital type foundries, to help grow the desktop publishi...

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