Clarendon Est. 1845

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Robert Besley cut Clarendon at the Fann Street Foundry, London, 1845. The first typeface ever legally registered as a design.

Regular 400Aa
Bold 700Aa
London, 1845

Bracketed slab serifs set it apart from the harder Egyptians of the era.

Revival, 1953

Eidenbenz redrew it for Haas. This version became the definitive 20th-century form.

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