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The typeface used in this book is Adobe Caslon, a 1990 interpretation by Carol Twombly of the classic face cut in the 1720s by the English typographer William Caslon (1692–1 766). Caslon was trained as an engraver but turned increasingly to type design and cutting, setting up his own type foundry in 1720.Caslon’s design became the first major native English typeface to achieve wide popularity. It displays the small lowercase height and the relatively restrained contrast typical of what are now called old-style fonts. Modern taste and technology have smoothed out many of the idiosyncrasies of William Caslon’s original cutting, but the modern version retains some of the warmth and much of the straightforward honesty that have made Caslon a good and dependable friend of the typographer for almost 300 years. This book is printed on paper that is acid-free and meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, z39.48–1992. A Book design by Erin Kirk New Watkinsville, Georgia Typography by Apex CoVantage Madison, Wisconsin Printed and bound by Worzalla Publishing Co. Stevens Point, Wisconsin ...

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