For more previews using your own text as an example, click here. Here is a preview of how Adobe Caslon Pro® will look. The Adobe Caslon Pro® includes the following font families: Ideally suited for text in sizes ranging from 6- to 14-point, Adobe Caslon Pro is the right choice for magazines, journals, book publishing, and corporate communications. The OpenType “Pro” version merges formerly separate fonts (expert, swash, small caps, etc.), and adds both central European language support and several additional ligatures. The first printings of the American Declaration of Independence and the Constitution were set in Caslon.įor her Caslon revival, designer Carol Twombly studied specimen pages printed by William Caslon between 17. Caslon’s types became popular throughout Europe and the American colonies printer Benjamin Franklin hardly used any other typeface.
Because of their remarkable practicality, Caslon’s designs met with instant success. Caslon’s types were based on seventeenth-century Dutch old style designs, which were then used extensively in England. William Caslon released his first typefaces in 1722.
