William Caslon

Standard Name: Caslon, William

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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 name) died, his famous type-foundry passed to his widow Elizabeth Caslon , whose business acumen was particularly admired.

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