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CASLON , the name of a famous See also:family of See also:English typefounders. See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William Caslon (1692-1766), the first of the name, was See also:born at Cradley, See also:Worcestershire, and in 1716 started business in See also:London as an engraver of See also:gun locks and barrels, and as a bookbinder's See also:tool-cutter. Being thus brought into contact with printers, he was induced to See also:fit up a type foundry, largely through the encouragement of William See also:Bowyer. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the See also:day in See also:England and on the See also:continent. The use of Caslon types, discontinued about the beginning of the 19th See also:century, was revived about 1845 at the See also:suggestion of See also:Sir See also:- HENRY
- HENRY (1129-1195)
- HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
- HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
- HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
- HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
- HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
- HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
- HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
- HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
- HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
- HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
- HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
- HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)
Henry See also:Cole, and used for See also:printing the See also:Diary of See also:Lady See also:Willoughby (a pseudo-17th-century See also:story) by the See also:Chiswick See also:Press. The See also:head-See also:line on this See also:page is " Caslon Old See also:Face." He died on the 23rd of See also:January 1766. His son, William Caslon (1720-1778), who had been partner with his See also:father for some years, continued the business.
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