Figure 339
Caslon Type as revived in Lady Willoughby’s Diary by Whittingham, London
From HathiTrust (scan)
1844
For this fictitious journal of a seventeenth century lady of quality, old style type was thought appropriate. The Diary was a success, artistically and commercially. Though its typography does not seem much of an achievement now, it came as a novelty and relief to printers who had long since abandoned good earlier type-face in favour of the fonts of the school of Thorne. This was the beginning of the revival of original popular revival of Caslon fonts, and a very sound revival it was.