The Caslon font originated with William Caslon, one of England’s first printers, and has been popular ever since. Caslon is one of the most widely used typefaces for text and works well in books.

Caslon 223 and 224–designed by Ed Benguiat of Lubalin, Smith, Carnase–have exaggerated weight differences and curves. They were popular in the 1960s and 1970s as a display typeface, based ...