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Baskerville - The Biography of a Typeface (Hardcover)
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Baskerville - The Biography of a Typeface (Hardcover)
Series: The ABC of Fonts
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The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book
text more than 250 years after its creation. Baskerville is a
transitional design, poised between the first metal types and
modern styles, notable for its combination of fat and thin letters.
When it was first used there was genuine concern that it would
damage readers' eyes. John Baskerville was a maverick lacquer maker
and printer in Birmingham, a flamboyant dresser, a key figure in
the enlightenment. Though it earned him little money, he was
obsessive about both his typeface and its appearance on the page,
using a new form of paper to show it at its best. His perfection
culminated in his Bible, acclaimed as the finest ever made. The
story encompasses one of the first women of typography, his wife
Sarah Baskerville, and the many typefaces the Baskervilles
inspired. And it examines why John Baskerville's body was dug up
and buried many times before it was finally allowed to rest in
peace.
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