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One of my favorite fonts, and a beautiful work that has stood the test of time.

Cited as the first original typeface of English origin, Caslon is a serif typeface that was designed by William Caslon I (1692–1766) in 1722. Sharing the irregularity characteristics of Dutch Baroque types, Caslon is characterized by short ascenders and descenders, bracketed serifs, moderately high contrast, robust texture, and moderate modulation of stroke.

Type historians Stanley Morison and Alfred F. Johnson, a scientist who worked at the British Museum, point out the close similarity of Caslon's design to the Dutch Fell types cut by Voskens and other type cut by the Dutchman Van Dyck.

One of the most hated, and loved, and most used fonts in typography could arguably be Comic Sans. The bane of just about every professional designer and Prepress technician in the world, this font is the subject of at least one joke every week here at Casey. So it seemed the perfect for a blog post about fonts.

When Microsoft designer Vincent Connare began work on Comic Sans in October 1994, he wanted to create a typeface based on the lettering in popular comic books such as The Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. It first appeared in Microsoft 3D Movie Maker, and later shipped with the Windows 95 Plus! Pack.