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diff --git a/2025/2025-07-17-tiny-agents-mlx.md b/2025/2025-07-17-tiny-agents-mlx.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4626cf2 --- /dev/null +++ b/2025/2025-07-17-tiny-agents-mlx.md @@ -0,0 +1,320 @@ +## `PROMPT.md` + +You are a research and problem-solving agent. Continue working until the user's query is completely resolved before ending your turn. Only terminate when: +1. The problem is fully solved with verified information +2. You need additional input from the user to proceed + +## Core Principles +- **Never guess or assume** - Always use tools to gather factual information +- **Verify everything** - Cross-reference information from multiple sources +- **Plan before acting** - Think through your approach before making function calls +- **Reflect on results** - Analyze the outcomes of each tool use and adjust your strategy + +## Research Strategy +1. **Search comprehensively**: Use search tools to find current information rather than relying on training data +2. **Read deeply**: Use `fetch_content` to load full articles from the top 5 URLs in search results, not just snippets +3. **Cross-reference**: Verify findings across multiple sources +4. **Follow leads**: Visit related links and Wikipedia articles for additional context +5. **Use specialized tools**: Leverage `get-unix-command-info` for system commands and Wikipedia tools for encyclopedic information + +## Process Flow +1. **Plan**: Outline your research approach and identify information gaps +2. **Research**: Execute searches and gather comprehensive information +3. **Analyze**: Process and synthesize findings from multiple sources +4. **Verify**: Cross-check critical information +5. **Solve**: Apply gathered information to resolve the user's query +6. **Reflect**: Ensure the solution is complete and accurate + +Always prioritize finding fresh, verified information over relying on potentially outdated training data. Balance tool usage with analytical thinking - don't rely solely on function calls, but use them strategically to inform your reasoning. + +--- + +## Agent Session + +```bash +PROVIDER=openai MODEL_ID=mlx-community/Qwen2.5-7B-Instruct-1M-8bit OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://10.x.y.z:6363/v1 npx @huggingface/tiny-agents run ./ +2025-07-17 07:22:35,958 - wikipediaapi - INFO - Wikipedia: language=en, user_agent: WikipediaMCPServer/0.1.0 (https://github.com/rudra-ravi/wikipedia-mcp) (Wikipedia-API/0.8.1; https://github.com/martin-majlis/Wikipedia-API/), extract_format=1 +2025-07-17 07:22:35,973 - wikipedia_mcp.__main__ - INFO - Starting Wikipedia MCP server with stdio transport +2025-07-17 07:22:35,973 - wikipedia_mcp.__main__ - INFO - Using stdio transport - suppressing direct stdout messages for MCP communication. +2025-07-17 07:22:35,973 - wikipedia_mcp.__main__ - INFO - To use with Claude Desktop, ensure 'wikipedia-mcp' command is in your claude_desktop_config.json. +2025-07-17 07:22:35,980 - mcp.server.lowlevel.server - INFO - Processing request of type ListToolsRequest +[07/17/25 07:22:36] INFO Processing request of type ListToolsRequest server.py:625 +Agent loaded with 12 tools: +- search_wikipedia +- get_article +- get_summary +- summarize_article_for_query +- summarize_article_section +- extract_key_facts +- get_related_topics +- get_sections +- get_links +- search +- fetch_content +- get-unix-command-info +``` + +``` +> what are some typefaces William Caslon is known for? +``` + +``` +search {"query": "William Caslon typefaces", "max_results": 10}[07/17/25 07:22:54] INFO Processing request of type CallToolRequest server.py:625 +[07/17/25 07:22:55] INFO HTTP Request: POST https://html.duckduckgo.com/html "HTTP/1.1 _client.py:1740 + 200 OK" + + +Tool[search] null +``` + +Found 10 search results: + +1. William Caslon - Wikipedia + URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caslon + Summary: WilliamCaslonI (1692/93 - 23 January 1766), also known asWilliamCaslonthe Elder, [1] was an English typefounder. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent. Histypefacestransformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style. [2] + +2. William Caslon | Typeface Designer, Type Foundry & Lettering Artist ... + URL: https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Caslon + Summary: WilliamCaslonwas an English typefounder who, between 1720 and 1726, designed thetypefacethat bears his name. His work helped to modernize the book, making it a separate creation rather than a printed imitation of the old hand-produced book.Caslonbegan his career as an apprentice to an + +3. The Caslon font | 30 typefaces - their look, history & usage + URL: https://www.prepressure.com/fonts/interesting/caslon + Summary: Caslonis a good font for body text. It is used quite a lot in magazines, journals, books, and as a corporatetypeface. The history ofCaslonWilliamCaslonI was an English gunsmith and designer oftypefaces. Around 1720 he created an extended set of seriftypefaces. These, as well as all of their consecutive revivals, are referred to asCaslon. + +4. William Caslon: 10 things to know about - TypeRoom + URL: https://www.typeroom.eu/william-caslon-10-things-to-know-about + Summary: 1.WilliamCaslon(1692-1766) is Britain's first and most celebrated typefounder.Caslon'stypefacestransformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style. Through his typefoundry and products,Caslonestablished the printing industry in his home country, largely inspired by the Dutch Baroque types, the most commonly used types in England beforeCaslon's... + +5. William Caslon - Adobe Fonts + URL: https://fonts.adobe.com/designers/william-caslon + Summary: WilliamCaslonWilliamCaslon(1693-1766) was an English type founder. Histypefacestransformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style. + +6. Caslon, when in doubt, use Caslon - Casey Printing + URL: https://www.caseyprinting.com/blog/2013/typography/caslon-when-in-doubt-use-caslon + Summary: Caslon, when in doubt, use CaslonOne of my favorite fonts, and a beautiful work that has stood the test of time. Cited as the first originaltypefaceof English origin,Caslonis a seriftypefacethat was designed byWilliamCaslonI (1692-1766) in 1722. Sharing the irregularity characteristics of Dutch Baroque types,Caslonis characterized by short ascenders and descenders, bracketed ... + +7. William Caslon - luc.devroye.org + URL: https://luc.devroye.org/fonts-25187.html + Summary: WilliamCaslon. Type design information compiled and maintained by Luc Devroye. + +8. Exploring the Legacy of Caslon in Typography | Yuri Shwedoff + URL: https://www.yurishwedoff.com/exploring-the-legacy-of-caslon-in-typography/ + Summary: In summary,WilliamCaslon'smastery of type design revolutionized typography by introducing a timeless and readabletypefacethat transcends centuries, making him an iconic figure in the history of printing and design. + +9. William Caslon - Typeface Designer - BOOK ARTS-COURSE HUB + URL: https://www.green-coursehub.com/research-blog/william-caslon-typeface-designer + Summary: Caslonis named after the English type founderWilliamCaslon, who designed thetypefacein 1722. Getting into type design was not as easy as it is today. You couldn't just sit down with a pencil and paper and then scan in your sketches into a computer to refine your letterforms.WilliamCaslonstarted out as an apprentice to an engraver for gunlocks and barrels. For seven years, he learned ... + +10. The History of Typefaces: Post 3: 18th Century Developments + URL: https://thehistoryoftypefaces.blogspot.com/2010/09/18th-century-developments_22.html + Summary: WilliamCaslonII (1720-1788) joined his father's company and, in 1763, they produced the first English book oftypefaces. The book contained 56typefacesdesigned byCaslonsenior and 27 of his son's designs. + + +``` +search {"query": "William Caslon typefaces", "max_results": 10}[07/17/25 07:22:59] INFO Processing request of type CallToolRequest server.py:625 +[07/17/25 07:23:00] INFO HTTP Request: POST https://html.duckduckgo.com/html "HTTP/1.1 _client.py:1740 + 200 OK" + + +Tool[search] null +``` + +Found 10 search results: + +1. William Caslon - Wikipedia + URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caslon + Summary: WilliamCaslonI (1692/93 - 23 January 1766), also known asWilliamCaslonthe Elder, [1] was an English typefounder. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent. Histypefacestransformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style. [2] + +2. William Caslon | Typeface Designer, Type Foundry & Lettering Artist ... + URL: https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Caslon + Summary: WilliamCaslonwas an English typefounder who, between 1720 and 1726, designed thetypefacethat bears his name. His work helped to modernize the book, making it a separate creation rather than a printed imitation of the old hand-produced book.Caslonbegan his career as an apprentice to an + +3. The Caslon font | 30 typefaces - their look, history & usage + URL: https://www.prepressure.com/fonts/interesting/caslon + Summary: Caslonis a good font for body text. It is used quite a lot in magazines, journals, books, and as a corporatetypeface. The history ofCaslonWilliamCaslonI was an English gunsmith and designer oftypefaces. Around 1720 he created an extended set of seriftypefaces. These, as well as all of their consecutive revivals, are referred to asCaslon. + +4. William Caslon: 10 things to know about - TypeRoom + URL: https://www.typeroom.eu/william-caslon-10-things-to-know-about + Summary: 1.WilliamCaslon(1692-1766) is Britain's first and most celebrated typefounder.Caslon'stypefacestransformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style. Through his typefoundry and products,Caslonestablished the printing industry in his home country, largely inspired by the Dutch Baroque types, the most commonly used types in England beforeCaslon's... + +5. William Caslon - Adobe Fonts + URL: https://fonts.adobe.com/designers/william-caslon + Summary: WilliamCaslonWilliamCaslon(1693-1766) was an English type founder. Histypefacestransformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style. + +6. Exploring the Legacy of Caslon in Typography | Yuri Shwedoff + URL: https://www.yurishwedoff.com/exploring-the-legacy-of-caslon-in-typography/ + Summary: In summary,WilliamCaslon'smastery of type design revolutionized typography by introducing a timeless and readabletypefacethat transcends centuries, making him an iconic figure in the history of printing and design. + +7. The History of Typefaces: Post 3: 18th Century Developments + URL: https://thehistoryoftypefaces.blogspot.com/2010/09/18th-century-developments_22.html + Summary: WilliamCaslonII (1720-1788) joined his father's company and, in 1763, they produced the first English book oftypefaces. The book contained 56typefacesdesigned byCaslonsenior and 27 of his son's designs. + +8. A Typeface History (with Infographic) | Toptal® + URL: https://www.toptal.com/designers/ui/typeface-history + Summary: Readability of earlytypefaceswasn't ideal, especially the italictypefacesfavored for saving space. In 1734,WilliamCasloncreated a newtypefacestyle that included more contrast between strokes in each letterform. + +9. Caslon - Wikipedia + URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caslon + Summary: Caslonis the name given to seriftypefacesdesigned byWilliamCaslonI in London, or inspired by his work.Caslonworked as an engraver of punches, the masters used to stamp the moulds or matrices used to cast metal type. [1][2][3] He worked in the tradition of what is now called old-style serif letter design, that produced letters with a ... + +10. William, a Contemporary Interpretation of Caslon Types + URL: https://www.typotheque.com/blog/william-a-contemporary-interpretation-of-caslon-types + Summary: WilliamCaslon(1692-1766) established the cornerstone of British type founding, ending reliance on the Dutch types which were commonly used in England up to that point (and which inspired his designs).Caslonachieved success both at home and abroad, and the American Declaration of Independence was printed in 1776 usingCaslontype.Caslontypefacesset the aesthetic standard for book ... + + +``` +get_article {"title": "William Caslon"}2025-07-17 07:23:04,849 - mcp.server.lowlevel.server - INFO - Processing request of type CallToolRequest +2025-07-17 07:23:04,849 - wikipedia_mcp.server - INFO - Tool: Getting article: William Caslon +2025-07-17 07:23:04,850 - wikipediaapi - INFO - Request URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&redirects=1&action=query&prop=info&titles=William Caslon&inprop=protection|talkid|watched|watchers|visitingwatchers|notificationtimestamp|subjectid|url|readable|preload|displaytitle|varianttitles +2025-07-17 07:23:05,121 - wikipediaapi - INFO - Request URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&redirects=1&action=query&prop=extracts&titles=William Caslon&explaintext=1&exsectionformat=wiki +2025-07-17 07:23:05,216 - wikipediaapi - INFO - Request URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&redirects=1&action=query&prop=categories&titles=William Caslon&cllimit=500 +2025-07-17 07:23:05,282 - wikipediaapi - INFO - Request URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?format=json&redirects=1&action=query&prop=links&titles=William Caslon&pllimit=500 + + +Tool[get_article] null +``` + +```json +{ + "title": "William Caslon", + "pageid": 636630, + "summary": "William Caslon I (1692/93 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the Elder, was an English typefounder. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent. His typefaces transformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style.", + "text": "William Caslon I (1692/93 – 23 January 1766), also known as William Caslon the Elder, was an English typefounder. The distinction and legibility of his type secured him the patronage of the leading printers of the day in England and on the continent. His typefaces transformed English type design and first established an English national typographic style.\n\nLife\nCaslon was born in Cradley, Worcestershire in 1692 or 1693 and trained as an engraver in nearby Birmingham. In 1716, he started business in London as an engraver of gun locks and barrels and as a bookbinder's tool cutter. Having contact with printers, he was induced to fit up a type foundry, largely through the encouragement of William Bowyer.\nHe died on 23 January 1766, and was buried in the churchyard of St Luke Old Street, London, where the family tomb is preserved (bearing his name and others).\n\nTypefaces\nThough his name would come to be identified with an enduring style of Latin alphabet, Caslon's first typefaces were what contemporary typefounders called \"exotics\". His first design was an Arabic made at the English size (14pt), commissioned by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge before 1725, followed by a Hebrew created for William Bowyer in 1726, and a Coptic for Wilkins first used in 1731. His first Latin typefaces were a roman and italic cut in the pica size (12pt), of a style that was fully realized by the publication of his foundry's specimen sheet in 1734. In 1763, Caslon released a full specimen book of his existing type, the first of its kind to be produced out of England.\nCaslon's typefaces were inspired by the Dutch Baroque types, the most commonly used types in England before Caslon's faces.\nCaslon typefaces were immediately popular and used for many important printed works, including the first printed version of the United States Declaration of Independence. Caslon's types became so popular that the expression about typeface choice, \"when in doubt, use Caslon\", came about. The Caslon types fell out of favour in the century after his death, but were revived in the 1840s. Several revivals of the Caslon types are widely used today.\n\nThe Caslon Foundry as a business\nWilliam Caslon I founded the Caslon Foundry in 1739, based on what previously had been Godfrey Head's (1685–1700). The other half of that business was purchased by John James, son of Thomas James. John James in the period 1716–1764 also built up by purchase what became the leading English type foundry of the 18th and early 19th centuries. He acquired moiety of half of Robert Mitchell and Jacob Ilive in 1740. A later and important purchase was the foundry of Thomas Grover in 1758. James ultimately combined under his own direction nine old English Foundries. \nJohn James, William Caslon I and John Baskerville were left by consolidation as the only three representatives of the trade in the country. Caslon had two apprentices in his Foundry, Thomas Cottrell and Joseph Jackson. They started a foundry of their own in direct competition to their employer in 1757. In 1759 Jackson entered the Navy leaving Cottrell to carry on alone. Jackson left the navy in 1763 and continued to be employed in Thomas Cottrell, Neveil's court 1759–1785 Foundry for a short time. He commenced business in a separate Foundry with two fellow workman who helped to find the capital 1764 – 1792. When Jackson died in 1792 it was William Caslon I's grandson, William Caslon III who purchased the foundry in Salisbury Square.\nFollowing the death of William Caslon I in 1766, his son William Caslon II took over the Caslon Foundry, running it with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth née Cartlich, until his own death in 1778. Elizabeth Caslon then continued to manage it jointly with her two sons, William Caslon III (1754–1833) and Henry Caslon (c.1755–1788) trading as \"Elizabeth Caslon and Sons\". Henry died in 1788, and in 1792 William III sold his share of the business to his mother and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth née Rowe, Henry's widow: the two Elizabeth Caslons continued to run it until the elder Elizabeth's death in 1795. As a result of a legal dispute over the terms of her will, the Foundry was then thrown into Chancery and put up for auction in 1799. It was bought by the younger Elizabeth Caslon, who took into partnership a distant relative, Nathaniel Catherwood. Both partners died in 1809. The subsequent proprietors were: Henry Caslon II and F. F. Catherwood, 1809–1821; Henry Caslon II, H. W. Caslon and M. W. Livermore (trading as Caslon, Son and Livermore), 1821–1840; Caslon & Son, 1840–1850; H. W. Caslon and Co., 1850–1873. H. W. Caslon died in 1873, when the Foundry was acquired by T. W. Smith and partners. However, the Company name remained H. W. Caslon and Co. Ltd., and continued running until 1937, when it was acquired by Stephenson Blake.\nMeanwhile, following his sale of his share in the original foundry in 1792, William Caslon III had purchased (in the same year) the Salisbury Square foundry from the estate of the recently deceased Joseph Jackson, and renamed it W. Caslon & Son. In 1807, W. Caslon & Son was passed to William Caslon IV. In 1819, William IV sold the business to the new Sheffield foundry of Blake, Garnett & Co. In 1837, the Salisbury Square Caslon Foundry became the property of Stephenson, Blake & Co.\n\nH. W. Caslon and Company Limited\nIn 1998, Justin Howes reestablished the Caslon foundry, under the name H. W. Caslon & Company Limited, with an expanded version of ITC Founder's Caslon as the company's initial product. However, following the death of Justin Howes in 2005, the revived H. W. Caslon & Company was no longer in business, and the expanded Founders Caslon is no longer offered in the retail market.\n\nSee also\nHis typeface, Caslon\nEarly American publishers and printers\n\nCitations\nBibliography\nHansard, Thomas Curson (1825). Typographia: An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing. Baldwin, Cradock and Joy. p. 346. Retrieved 25 January 2018.\nHill, Joseph (1971) [1907]. The Book Makers of Old Birmingham: Authors, Printers, and Book Sellers. New York: B. Franklin. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0833717065.\nLuna, Paul; Ould, Martyn (2013). \"The Printed Page\". In Gadd, Ian (ed.). Beginnings to 1780. History of Oxford University Press. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 511–545. ISBN 978-0199557318.\nMaxted, Ian (2004). \"Caslon [née Cartlich], Elizabeth (1730–1795), typefounder\". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74230. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)\nMosley, James (2008) [2004]. \"Caslon, William, the elder (1692–1766), typefounder\". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4857. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)\nUpdike, Daniel Berkeley (1922). Printing Types: their History, Forms, and Use: a study in survivals. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.\nThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). \"Caslon\". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.\n\nFurther reading\nBall, Johnson (1973). William Caslon, 1693–1766: the ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder. Kineton: Roundwood Press. ISBN 0900093137.\nBlackmore, H. L. (1981). \"William Caslon, gun engraver\". Journal of the Arms and Armour Society. 10: 103–7.\nHowes, J. (2000). \"Caslon's punches and matrices\". Matrix. 20: 1–7.\nMosley, James (1967). \"The early career of William Caslon\". Journal of the Printing Historical Society. 3: 66–81.\nMosley, James (1984). British Type Specimens before 1831: a hand-list. Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society. ISBN 0901420115.\nMosley, James (1993). \"The Caslon foundry in 1902\". Matrix. 13: 34–42.\n\nExternal links\nFont Designer - William Caslon\nH. W. Caslon and Company home page at the Wayback Machine (archived August 22, 2006)\nCaslon Foundry font foundry : MyFonts\nH. W. Caslon & Company font foundry : MyFonts", + "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Caslon", + "sections": [ + { + "title": "Life", + "level": 0, + "text": "Caslon was born in Cradley, Worcestershire in 1692 or 1693 and trained as an engraver in nearby Birmingham. In 1716, he started business in London as an engraver of gun locks and barrels and as a bookbinder's tool cutter. Having contact with printers, he was induced to fit up a type foundry, largely through the encouragement of William Bowyer.\nHe died on 23 January 1766, and was buried in the churchyard of St Luke Old Street, London, where the family tomb is preserved (bearing his name and others).", + "sections": [] + }, + { + "title": "Typefaces", + "level": 0, + "text": "Though his name would come to be identified with an enduring style of Latin alphabet, Caslon's first typefaces were what contemporary typefounders called \"exotics\". His first design was an Arabic made at the English size (14pt), commissioned by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge before 1725, followed by a Hebrew created for William Bowyer in 1726, and a Coptic for Wilkins first used in 1731. His first Latin typefaces were a roman and italic cut in the pica size (12pt), of a style that was fully realized by the publication of his foundry's specimen sheet in 1734. In 1763, Caslon released a full specimen book of his existing type, the first of its kind to be produced out of England.\nCaslon's typefaces were inspired by the Dutch Baroque types, the most commonly used types in England before Caslon's faces.\nCaslon typefaces were immediately popular and used for many important printed works, including the first printed version of the United States Declaration of Independence. Caslon's types became so popular that the expression about typeface choice, \"when in doubt, use Caslon\", came about. The Caslon types fell out of favour in the century after his death, but were revived in the 1840s. Several revivals of the Caslon types are widely used today.", + "sections": [] + }, + { + "title": "The Caslon Foundry as a business", + "level": 0, + "text": "William Caslon I founded the Caslon Foundry in 1739, based on what previously had been Godfrey Head's (1685–1700). The other half of that business was purchased by John James, son of Thomas James. John James in the period 1716–1764 also built up by purchase what became the leading English type foundry of the 18th and early 19th centuries. He acquired moiety of half of Robert Mitchell and Jacob Ilive in 1740. A later and important purchase was the foundry of Thomas Grover in 1758. James ultimately combined under his own direction nine old English Foundries. \nJohn James, William Caslon I and John Baskerville were left by consolidation as the only three representatives of the trade in the country. Caslon had two apprentices in his Foundry, Thomas Cottrell and Joseph Jackson. They started a foundry of their own in direct competition to their employer in 1757. In 1759 Jackson entered the Navy leaving Cottrell to carry on alone. Jackson left the navy in 1763 and continued to be employed in Thomas Cottrell, Neveil's court 1759–1785 Foundry for a short time. He commenced business in a separate Foundry with two fellow workman who helped to find the capital 1764 – 1792. When Jackson died in 1792 it was William Caslon I's grandson, William Caslon III who purchased the foundry in Salisbury Square.\nFollowing the death of William Caslon I in 1766, his son William Caslon II took over the Caslon Foundry, running it with the assistance of his wife, Elizabeth née Cartlich, until his own death in 1778. Elizabeth Caslon then continued to manage it jointly with her two sons, William Caslon III (1754–1833) and Henry Caslon (c.1755–1788) trading as \"Elizabeth Caslon and Sons\". Henry died in 1788, and in 1792 William III sold his share of the business to his mother and his sister-in-law, Elizabeth née Rowe, Henry's widow: the two Elizabeth Caslons continued to run it until the elder Elizabeth's death in 1795. As a result of a legal dispute over the terms of her will, the Foundry was then thrown into Chancery and put up for auction in 1799. It was bought by the younger Elizabeth Caslon, who took into partnership a distant relative, Nathaniel Catherwood. Both partners died in 1809. The subsequent proprietors were: Henry Caslon II and F. F. Catherwood, 1809–1821; Henry Caslon II, H. W. Caslon and M. W. Livermore (trading as Caslon, Son and Livermore), 1821–1840; Caslon & Son, 1840–1850; H. W. Caslon and Co., 1850–1873. H. W. Caslon died in 1873, when the Foundry was acquired by T. W. Smith and partners. However, the Company name remained H. W. Caslon and Co. Ltd., and continued running until 1937, when it was acquired by Stephenson Blake.\nMeanwhile, following his sale of his share in the original foundry in 1792, William Caslon III had purchased (in the same year) the Salisbury Square foundry from the estate of the recently deceased Joseph Jackson, and renamed it W. Caslon & Son. In 1807, W. Caslon & Son was passed to William Caslon IV. In 1819, William IV sold the business to the new Sheffield foundry of Blake, Garnett & Co. In 1837, the Salisbury Square Caslon Foundry became the property of Stephenson, Blake & Co.", + "sections": [ + { + "title": "H. W. Caslon and Company Limited", + "level": 1, + "text": "In 1998, Justin Howes reestablished the Caslon foundry, under the name H. W. Caslon & Company Limited, with an expanded version of ITC Founder's Caslon as the company's initial product. However, following the death of Justin Howes in 2005, the revived H. W. Caslon & Company was no longer in business, and the expanded Founders Caslon is no longer offered in the retail market.", + "sections": [] + } + ] + }, + { + "title": "See also", + "level": 0, + "text": "His typeface, Caslon\nEarly American publishers and printers", + "sections": [] + }, + { + "title": "Citations", + "level": 0, + "text": "", + "sections": [] + }, + { + "title": "Bibliography", + "level": 0, + "text": "Hansard, Thomas Curson (1825). Typographia: An Historical Sketch of the Origin and Progress of the Art of Printing. Baldwin, Cradock and Joy. p. 346. Retrieved 25 January 2018.\nHill, Joseph (1971) [1907]. The Book Makers of Old Birmingham: Authors, Printers, and Book Sellers. New York: B. Franklin. pp. 56–57. ISBN 0833717065.\nLuna, Paul; Ould, Martyn (2013). \"The Printed Page\". In Gadd, Ian (ed.). Beginnings to 1780. History of Oxford University Press. Vol. 1. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 511–545. ISBN 978-0199557318.\nMaxted, Ian (2004). \"Caslon [née Cartlich], Elizabeth (1730–1795), typefounder\". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74230. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)\nMosley, James (2008) [2004]. \"Caslon, William, the elder (1692–1766), typefounder\". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/4857. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)\nUpdike, Daniel Berkeley (1922). Printing Types: their History, Forms, and Use: a study in survivals. Vol. 2. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press.\nThis article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). \"Caslon\". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.", + "sections": [] + }, + { + "title": "Further reading", + "level": 0, + "text": "Ball, Johnson (1973). William Caslon, 1693–1766: the ancestry, life and connections of England's foremost letter-engraver and type-founder. Kineton: Roundwood Press. ISBN 0900093137.\nBlackmore, H. L. (1981). \"William Caslon, gun engraver\". Journal of the Arms and Armour Society. 10: 103–7.\nHowes, J. (2000). \"Caslon's punches and matrices\". Matrix. 20: 1–7.\nMosley, James (1967). \"The early career of William Caslon\". Journal of the Printing Historical Society. 3: 66–81.\nMosley, James (1984). British Type Specimens before 1831: a hand-list. Oxford: Oxford Bibliographical Society. ISBN 0901420115.\nMosley, James (1993). \"The Caslon foundry in 1902\". Matrix. 13: 34–42.", + "sections": [] + }, + { + "title": "External links", + "level": 0, + "text": "Font Designer - William Caslon\nH. W. Caslon and Company home page at the Wayback Machine (archived August 22, 2006)\nCaslon Foundry font foundry : MyFonts\nH. W. 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Here are some of the typefaces he is famous for: + +1. **Caslon Roman and Italic**: These were his first Latin typefaces, cut in the pica size (12pt), and were fully realized by the publication of his foundry's specimen sheet in 1734. These typefaces were inspired by the Dutch Baroque types, which were commonly used in England before Caslon's designs. + +2. **Caslon Arabic**: His first design was an Arabic typeface made at the English size (14pt), commissioned by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge before 1725. + +3. **Caslon Hebrew**: Created for William Bowyer in 1726. + +4. **Caslon Coptic**: First used in 1731. + +5. **Caslon Specimen Book (1763)**: This was the first English book of typefaces to be produced, containing 56 typefaces designed by Caslon senior and 27 of his son's designs. + +Caslon's typefaces were immediately popular and used for many important printed works, including the first printed version of the United States Declaration of Independence. His designs set the aesthetic standard for book typography and established an English national typographic style.task_complete {} + +``` +Tool[task_complete] null +``` |
