Printing. A thick-faced condensed type, in capital and small letters, made in many sizes.
1848. R. Besley & Co.’s Specimen-bk. of Types, R. Besley & Co. originally introduced the Clarendon Character…. The most useful Founts that a Printer can have in his Office are the Clarendons.
1875. Ure, Dict. Arts, III. 641. Clarendon, a modification of antique.
1884. List of Types, Three-line Great Primer Clarendon.
