THE ORIGINAL       L
. CASLON OLDSTYLE
Roman and Italic
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.**      rE AMERICANTYPE FOUNDERS COMPANY
makes the Caflon Oldfcyle Romans and
Italics precifely as Mr. Caflon left them in
1766, cafting the letters from the original
matrices, including all the ancient quaint
double and long letters and ligatures ufed
during the lifetime ofMr. Caylon. As is well
known to many who read of such matters,
thefe types difappeared from the Englifh
Specimen Books at about the year 8oo,
and did not reappear until 1859, in which
year the matrices were brought to America
and ufed by The Johnfon Type Foundry,
afterwards MacKellar, Smiths &Jordan,of..
Philadelphia, the immediate predeceffors
of the AmericanType Founders Company
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