The first great English typeface, and for a century the default of British and colonial American printing. The printers' saying was: when in doubt, use Caslon.
Your words from the specimen, set in Libre Baskerville in the formats a project actually needs, in the colours you picked above.
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We design identities, websites and campaigns for people who care how things feel. This is the paragraph your headline sits on, set in Libre Baskerville.
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Tip. Headline in Libre Baskerville, standing in for Caslon, body copy in Libre Baskerville. Copy the CSS from the specimen above and the headline is ready to paste into your site.
03Every character
AU+0041 · Libre Baskerville 700
72pxCaslon
48pxCaslon
32pxCaslon
20pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, 1234567890.
14pxThe quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog, 1234567890.
04The free stand-in: Libre Baskerville
Why Libre Baskerville. Old-style warmth and sturdy text colour; Baskerville is the closest free transitional. Caslon itself is a licensed typeface, so everything on this page is set in Libre Baskerville, which is free to use on the web and in print.
Libre Baskerville, on its own. Baskerville's transitional forms, widened and opened up for the screen.
If Caslon is installed on your computer, an A/B key appears in the specimen above so you can compare the two.