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William Caslon I (1692/1693 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the elder, was an English gunsmith and designer of typefaces. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent. His typefaces transformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style.

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rdfs:comment	William Caslon I (1692/1693 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the elder, was an English gunsmith and designer of typefaces. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent. His typefaces transformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style.
foaf:name	Caslon, William William Caslon
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dc:description	English typographer and gunsmith
birth place	dbpedia:Cradley,_West_Midlands
birth year	1692-01-01(xsd:dateTime) 1693-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
death date	1766-01-23(xsd:dateTime)
death place	dbpedia:England London
death year	1766-01-01(xsd:dateTime)
occupation	dbpedia:William_Caslon__1 dbpedia:Gunsmith dbpedia:List_of_type_designers
thumbnail	http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caslon_portrait.jpg?width=300

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