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Caslon Egyptian
Egyptian is a typeface created by the Caslon foundry of Salisbury Square, London around or probably slightly before 1816, that is the first general-purpose sans-serif typeface in the Latin alphabet known to have been created.
About Caslon Egyptian
Egyptian is a typeface created by the Caslon foundry of Salisbury Square, London around or probably slightly before 1816, that is the first general-purpose sans-serif typeface in the Latin alphabet known to have been created.
From the Wikipedia article “Caslon Egyptian”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Using Caslon Egyptian in a book
Test this typeface at both text and display sizes before committing; print a sample page at final size.
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Sources & data
- Structured data from Wikidata Q28404074 (CC0).
- Summary text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).