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William Caslon: Quick Facts

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Facts

Born 1692 • England
Died January 23, 1766 (aged 74) • England

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Figure 16: English typography, 18th century. (left) Portion of a page from William Caslon's specimen book, 1785.
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Stanley Morison
English typographer
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Sir Emery Walker
English printer
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Thomas James Cobden-Sanderson
British book designer
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Firmin Didot
French printer and typesetter
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Jan Tschichold
German typographer and author
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Giovanni Mardersteig
Italian printer
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Giambattista Bodoni
Italian printer
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Bruce Rogers
American typographer
Goudy, Frederic W.
Frederic W. Goudy
American printer and typographer
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W.A. Dwiggins
American artist
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S.H. de Roos
Dutch typographer
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Simon de Colines
French printer
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Nicolas Jenson
French printer
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Pierre-Simon Fournier
French engraver
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Claude Garamond
French publisher
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William Morris
British artist and author
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Eric Gill
British artist and printer
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John Baskerville
English printer
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Sir Francis Meynell
English designer
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El Lissitzky
Russian artist