CASLON'S EGYPTIAN is a trademark of THE FONT BUREAU INC. Filed in January 28 (2012), the CASLON'S EGYPTIAN covers Printing fonts that can be downloaded provided.

Caslon's Egyptian in an early specimen book. The Two Lines English Egyptian is a created by the Caslon foundry of Salisbury Square, London around or probably slightly before 1816, that is the first general-purpose typeface in the known to have been created.

Sans-serif lettering in block capitals had been developing in popularity over the past decades, initially due to interest in classical antiquity in which inscriptions often had minimal or no, and come to be used by architect and copied by others, particularly in. Historian, a leading expert on early sans-serifs, has suggested in his textbook The Nymph and The Grot that Soane's influence was crucial in spreading the idea of sans-serif letterforms around the end of the eighteenth century. However, it was some decades before a printing typeface would be released in this style, now commonly used. The name 'Egyptian' had become commonly used in England by 1816 to describe this style of lettering; it may originate from the image of sans-serifs being historical in style, the of the period and the 'blocky' nature of ancient Egyptian architecture. (The term 'Egyptian' has since become associated with typefaces.) 'Two Lines English' is the name of the font's size. The 'Egyptian' typeface was released by the Caslon foundry of Salisbury Square, London, run by William Caslon IV.

(This was not the Caslon foundry of the 18th century, set up by: William Caslon III had set up a separate company to his family, which his son William Caslon IV then took over. ) It is somewhat 'classical' in style, being capitals-only, formal in design and not particularly bold (although still bolder than conventional body text fonts), appearing similar to Soane's lettering.

The survive in the collection of the, London, with some replacement letters. Caslon's Egyptian typeface was shown in the foundry's specimen books, the earliest edition with a date dated 1816 although some possibly earlier. It appears sandwiched by larger and much more ornate typefaces, apparently not marketed with any prominence.

Aside from its documented existence and survival, the reasons behind its creation are not clear, especially since no contemporary uses of it have been found. Mosley suggests that it may have been created on commission by a specific client. The matrices of the Caslon sans-serif were acquired by the company when it took over the Salisbury Square Caslon company. Sans-serifs returned to printing when ' foundry started to issue a new series of sans-serifs starting around 1828, so the company revived the matrices and matching versions in other sizes (of lower quality of execution) were cut. (These should not be confused with Stephenson Blake's unrelated of the late nineteenth century.). Signage in a Caslon Egyptian revival at.

Several digital revivals of Caslon's Egyptian have been made, for commercial use of (adding an invented lower case) and for private use. Howes' revival is used for signage at, designed by Soane.

In 1987 was cast by from the original matrices to print a special edition of reprinted type from the early nineteenth century crafted by Ian Mortimer. To mark the two-hundredth anniversary of the first dated printing of a sans-serif typeface, a conference was held at in September 2016. References [ ]. Typefoundry blog. Retrieved 12 December 2015. • Tracy, Walter (2003). Hans kohler converter money. Letters of credit: a view of type design.

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• Though not the very first. Printing types had already been made in a sans-serif style for ancient Greek and Etruscan, and by for embossing letters to be read by the blind. • Historian John A. Lane, who has examined surviving Caslon specimens, suggests that the design is actually slightly earlier and may date to around 1812-4, noting that it appears in some undated but apparently earlier specimens.