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Original Adobe design. Caliban® Regular

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This may show a subset of the character set for this typeface.

Format:

This font is PostScript® Type 1
(Windows or Macintosh Platforms)

Languages:

ISO-Adobe

Embedding:

Editable

End User License:

5 computers

Typeface notes:

America’s most famous carver of inscriptions, including those at the John F. Kennedy Memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, John Benson began Caliban by writing with a blunt-point pen on rough paper. He focused on the overall pattern and motion of the characters in text, rather than on individual letterforms. Named after Shakespeare’s beast slave in The Tempest, Caliban represents Benson’s attempt to tame crudely written letters into service. The weight distribution and letter heights of this 1995 Adobe Originals release vary, but the active, sloping shapes keep the lines cohesive in informal text. Caliban also provides a dynamic appearance when set in casual headlines.

Designer:

John Benson

Classifications:

Adobe Originals
Script

Legal notices:

Caliban is either a registered trademark or a trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries.

Postscript File Name:

Caliban

MAC Menu Name:

Caliban

Windows/PC Menu Name:

Caliban 

Related OpenType package:

Caliban® Std Regular

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Benson Scripts



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