H.W. Caslon Foundry

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H.W. Caslon Foundry Founded by William Caslon in 1716, Caslon's was the leading English type foundry of the 18th and 19th centuries. It continued under William Caslon II. Upon the latter's death in 1778 the property was split between his wife and his son, William Caslon III. In 1792 the son sold his share to his mother and his sister-in-law to buy the foundry of their rival, Joseph Jackson, who had just died. The family of the sister-in-law kept the main Caslon foundry running until 1937, when it closed and the designs passed to Stephenson Blake (who back in 1819 had purchased the other Caslon foundry).	EXTERNAL LINKS H.W. Caslon Foundry [Buy fonts] MyFonts search Monotype search Fontspring search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Foundries of the 18th century ⦿ Foundries of the 19th century ⦿ Type design in the United Kingdom ⦿ Caslon ⦿

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