But even before that in 1697 thay used the Text-sized roman and italic of Van Dyck in an edition of Gratulatio Cantabrigiences. The Cambridge University Press had received in January 1698 some 52 series of alphabets from Holland, all cut by Van Dyck. The Oxford University Press used the 'Fell-types', character cut by the Dutch typefounder Voskens. Rowe More does not give any comment on this.ĭutch founts were in use by several printers in England at that time. Nicols describes this character as far superior over comtemporary Dutch founts used in English books at this period. Nicols writes: 'he (Caslon) cut the beautiful fount of English which is used in printing Selden's Works 1726. There is much uncertainty about the first roman and italic Latin characters cut by Caslon himself, and the literature on this is partly incorrect. David Wilkins in Latin and Hebrew in 1731

Koptic, used for the bi-language Pentateuch of Dr.

Hebrew, used for John Selden's Works in 1726.The first founts cut by William Caslon were: Daniel Berkeley Updike, Printing types, their History, forms and use, 1937.Reed Talbot Baines, A History of Old English Letter Foundries, 1897.The two next authors fully based their writings on the three publications previously mentioned. John Nicols, Litarary Anecdotes, 1812–1815.John Nicols, Biographical and Litarary Anecdotes of William Bowyer 1782, start at: pag.The earliest information about William Caslon as punch-cutter and typefounders can be found in: Johnson, a scientist who worked at the British Museum, did point out the close similarity of Caslon's design to the Dutch Fell types cut by Voskens and other type cut by the Dutchman Van Dyck.

Caslon is cited as the first original typeface of English origin, but type historians like Stanley Morison and Alfred F. 2.2 The Monotype Corporation Limited at Salfords, UKĬaslon's earliest design dates to 1722.2.1 Ludlow Typograph Company, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

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