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Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
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William Caslon
William Caslon
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Caslon, William
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1725: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge...
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1725
The
Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
commissioned engraver
William Caslon
to design a typeface; he set up his famous type-foundry nine years later.
1778: When William Caslon (the second to bear that...
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1778
When
William Caslon
(the second to bear that name) died, his famous type-foundry passed to his widow
Elizabeth Caslon
, whose business acumen was particularly admired.
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