Caslon

He also loves to mention typefaces — Bembo, Baskerville, Garamond, Caslon and Janson come up a lot — and the names of beautiful papers: Amalfi, Fabriano, Nideggen.

Its distinctive typefaces remain: the historic Irvin, Caslon and their updated cousin Neutraface.

Here were the factory gates of Palatino, Caslon and Bodoni, here the grimy industrial suburb of serifs.

With a deep dedication to traditional printing — one of his sons is named Caslon, after the 18th-century type designer — he abhorred the notion of throwing out a book once it had been scanned.

It is handsomely printed in large Caslon type on Dickinson's deckle-edged paper.