Caslon
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| font | Caslon |
| category | Serif |
| Font classification | Baroque Antiqua |
| Font designer | William Caslon |
| Creation | 1722 |
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The Caslon font was designed in 1722 and is classified as Baroque Antiqua . It is often referred to as the first family of fonts with English origins. Before the font was created, English typesetters had to buy fonts from other countries, mostly the Netherlands.
With the Caslon ( William Caslon , 1692–1766) and the Baskerville ( John Baskerville 1706–1775) new heights of the creation of classical antiqua were reached. The Caslon is stylistically at the beginning of the transitional Antiqua (see Baroque Antiqua ) and is based on both Dutch masters, e.g. For example, the writings of Christoffel van Dijcks (1607–1669) and the Romain du Roi, the script of the French Sun King Louis XIV , which was developed by French scholars.
The Englishman William Caslon was the creator of the script and the Caslon letters in which the American Declaration of Independence was printed. The caslon was also used in the first edition of the American constitution. The most famous use today is probably the United States of America lettering on Air Force One .
literature
- Günter Schuler: The Typo Atlas: [the professional book Type Design & Fonts] 1st edition, Kilchberg. SmartBooks, 2000. ISBN 3-908490-28-6
- Manfred Klein, Yvonne Schwemer-Scheddin, Erik Spiekermann: Types & Typographers , Edition Stemmle Verlag, 1991. ISBN 3-7231-0419-3
Individual evidence
- ^ Jacopo Prisco: Out of the blue: A look back at Air Force One's classic design. In: CNN . July 23, 2018, accessed August 6, 2018 .