Typophile

Open type faces

lthe

Does anyone know of any good open type faces. Similar to caslon open face? I like that one small but when large it's too heavy.

Arno Pro comes to mind. This is way more massive than most people need, but it's also just a beautiful typeface.

Hi Lisa,

I like that one small but when large it’s too heavy.

What you’re experiencing is the problem/the absent of Optical Scaling.

Over the last years, several foundries have published good text font families with optical sizes.
Check out Adobe’s line-up. Or Sumner Stone’s ITC Bodoni and Cycles. Or Hoefler & Frere-Jones’ faces. Or …

For Caslon: ITC Founder’s Caslon has optical sizes. You can also simply combine matching fonts and, for example, utilize Big Caslon by Carter & Cone for large sizes.

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LTC Caslon is quite a bit lighter than Adobe Caslon, perhaps this will give the right weight you need for large sizes?

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