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Caslon and Minion 2 “When in doubt, use Caslon.” -Wolliam caslon 2 Caslon and Minion 2 Caslon and Minion Caslon & Minion Caslon & Minion The beginning of Minion The beginning of Caslon One of rhe eaiest ways to tell Robert Slimbach began working for illiam Caslon created Caslon in 1722; this adobe in the year 1987. Three years later he typefaceW was mostly used in the British Empire during the differents between the created the Minion typeface in 1990. He created the eighteen century. Making it one of the od ldest typefaces is by the tail of the this typeface for the adobe systems software. It typefaces. During the 1700s it was consider script type “Q” was released 1992 in the United States in digital fonts for the kings. Its characteristic are similar to the ormat. It was distributed by Adobe, Linotype, typeface Dutch Baroque. Caslon is a simple typeface Myfonts, and Typekit. that is commonly used, making it easy to read. This typeface also got redesigned 1990 by Carol Twombly and it was called adobe Caslon. 2 Caslon and Minion 2 Caslon and Minion The distinctive qualities in the Minion typeface is the lowercase Since Minion is classified as old style typeface some of the characteristics “g” and the “q”. The “z” in both upper and lowercase have the heavy in the letter having little change in there thick and thin strokes. Small dropped serif with the same line thickness. The details in Minion x-heights and coarse serifs. The tope of the lowercase letter lowercase and uppercase have little change but because of this normally ascends the excepted height of the uppercase letter. the lowers and uppercase can stand next to each other. Falling under the transitional typeface, Caslon would have a larger difference in thin and thick strokes in the letterforms. It would also have serifs bracketed and flat bases. Unlike Caslon is a traditional serif typeface old style the x-height would be larger in comparison. Also consisting of a serif displaying a more elegant in the round strokes of the letter there would be a vertical bracketing. “This typeface can be character- stress, but the capitals match the heights in the ascenders ized with short ascender and descenders, within the letters. bracketed serifs, moderately high contrast, robust texture and moderate modulations of stroke.” The lowercase letter have wedge shape top serifs while the uppercase ‘A’ has a very dis- tinctive curve at the apex The ‘G’ doesn’t have a spur. Caslon compared to other typeface. in its italicsform has a more calligraphic stroke.“The “A,V,W” has an slight slant, while the lowercase “p,q,v,w,z” have a swash.” the uppercase ‘C” has double serif on each end of the letter. One other unique characteristic is that the uppercase E middle arm and a serif on it. The capital ‘L’ has a long arm with the capital ‘Z’ bottom arm is also long. Both typefaces have many different versions since being adapted to be used on the computer 2 Caslon and Minion 2 Caslon and Minion.