“Heavy Caslon was issued by Inland in 1906 or earlier; Ludlow copied it as Caslon Old Face Heavy in 1925 and Intertype in 1937. Ludlow has a companion italic, while Intertype's italic is a sloped roman design.” [McGrew 1993] Caslon Old Face Heavy was also shown by Caslon (and later Stephenson Blake), together with Caslon Old Face Heavy Compressed [c.1915 specimen], which originated as Condensed Caslon at Inland in 1907, derived from New Caslon [McGrew 1993].

Adopted for phototypesetting by VGC [VGC 1973].

For digital versions, see the Heavy weight as included in Bitstream’s Caslon Old Face (used for sample). Horsham Serial (a.k.a. Caslon OF Serial) by Brendel / Typeshop expands the design to a range of weights.