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About Caslon English Text Serif

Caslon is the sturdy, warm English Old-Style serif William Caslon I cut in London from 1722, the face that earned printers the maxim "When in doubt, use Caslon." Its most famous impression is the Dunlap Broadside — the first printed Declaration of Independence, Philadelphia, July 1776. This system rebuilds that ground: a tanned rag sheet darkened over 250 years to a muted amber-grey, period-black ink with real bite, engraved rules, and a dramatic hierarchy of display capitals reading as a proclamation, not a webpage.

Learn more about the Caslon English Text Serif style

Origin
England (London foundry) & Revolutionary Philadelphia
Era
first sizes 1722; foundry specimen sheet 1734; Dunlap Broadside July 1776
Key figures
William Caslon I · John Dunlap
Movements
English Old-Style serif · colonial American letterpress

Caslon English Text Serif design spec

Colors

Background
Surface
Primary
Secondary
Accent
Text

Typography

Libre Caslon DisplayHeadings
Libre Caslon TextBody
IM Fell EnglishMono
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