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Caslon Antique

Caslon Antique is a decorative American typeface that was designed in 1894 by Berne Nadall.

About Caslon Antique

Caslon Antique is a decorative American typeface that was designed in 1894 by Berne Nadall. It was originally called Fifteenth Century, but was renamed Caslon Antique by Nadall's foundry, Barnhart Bros. & Spindler, in the mid-1920s. The design of the typeface is meant to evoke the Colonial era. Early printers would reuse metal type over and over again, and the faces would become chipped and damaged from use. Caslon Antique emulates this look.

From the Wikipedia article “Caslon Antique”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Using Caslon Antique in a book

Display typefaces are designed for large sizes — covers, chapter titles, posters. Pair them with a quiet text face for the body.

Commercial typefaces require a licence that covers embedding in PDFs and ebooks; check the foundry's licence before you publish.

Free alternatives on Google Fonts

Libre Caslon Text SerifImpallari Type Libre Caslon Display SerifImpallari Type Libre Caslon Condensed SerifPablo Impallari, Rodrigo Fuenzalida

Sources & data

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