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ITC New Baskerville® Black

- by John Quaranda
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ITC New Baskerville® Std Black
  Format: OpenType Std

Price: US$ 29.00
  
... is part of the ITC New Baskerville® Font Family, comprising altogether 4 fonts in OpenType Std format.
Character set features:
euro isoadobe2
253 characters
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ITC New Baskerville® Std Black
ITC New Baskerville® Std Black Italic
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Product is contained in:
The ITC Library OpenType Edition Version One
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See below ITC New Baskerville® Black or other typefaces from the ITC New Baskerville® Font Family in real usage ...

Source:
Grand Marnier
Fonts shown:
ITC New Baskerville® Font Family

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John Baskerville – born 28. 1. 1706 in Wolverley, Worcestershire, England, died 8. 1. 1775 in Birmingham, Warwickshire, England – type designer, writing master, printer. 1725: moves to Birmingham. 1733–37: writing master in Birmingham. 1750: sets up his own type foundry and printing works. 1757: his first printed book is published, an edition of Virgil. 1758: publishes an edition of John Milton’s "Paradise Lost". 1758: appointed printer to the University of Cambridge. Here he produces [...]
The designer John Quaranda created ITC New Baskerville®, a revival typeface based on Baskerville. Baskerville was developed in the 18th century by John Baskerville (1706–1775) and its clear, sharp image set it apart from others of its time. Originally released in only two versions, roman and italic, Baskerville has remained one of the world's most widely used typefaces. ITC New Baskerville is available in roman, semi bold, bold and black weights, each with a corresponding italic.
Matthew Carter – born 1. 10. 1937 in London, England – type designer. 1956: trains as a punch cutter in the Netherlands. 1963–65: typography consultant for Crossfield Electronics. 1965: moves to the USA and works for Mergenthaler-Linotype in New York. 1971: moves back to England where he continues to work for Linotype. 1980–84: typography consultant to Her Majesty’s Stationery Office. 1981: the Royal Society of Arts make him a Royal Designer for Industry. 1981: he and Mike Parker set up [...]
Linotype previously had three design studios located around the globe: Mergenthaler Linotype, in the United States, was founded in Brooklyn, but later moved to Melville, NY, and then to Hauppauge, NY. Mergenthaler Linotype's design studio employed at varying times up to 80 designers under the direction of Chauncey H. Griffith, Jackson Burke, Mike Parker, and Matthew Carter. In continental Europe, Linotype typefaces were produced by the D. Stempel AG typefoundry in Frankfurt, Germany. [...]
Font Designer: John Baskerville Baskerville™ was developed in the 18th century by John Baskerville (1706–1775) and its clear, sharp image set it apart from others of its time. John Baskerville was a major figure in the improvement of print technique and typography and his work influenced the work of such famous designers as Didot in France and Bodoni in Italy. The fonts of John Baskerville were composed of more contrasting elements than any print characters that had been designed [...]
Font Designer: John Baskerville Baskerville was developed in the 18th century by John Baskerville (1706–1775) and its clear, sharp image set it apart from others of its time. John Baskerville was a major figure in the improvement of print technique and typography and his work influenced the work of such famous designers as Didot in France and Bodoni in Italy. The fonts of John Baskerville were composed of more contrasting elements than any print characters that had been designed before. [...]

About ITC New Baskerville® Black ...

Linotype usage sample for ITC New Baskerville® Std Black
Designer: John Quaranda, 1978
ITC New Baskerville® Black belongs to the ITC New Baskerville® Font Family which is part of the ITC Collection.
John Baskerville (1706-1775) was an accomplished writing master and printer from Birmingham, England. He was the designer of several types, punchcut by John Handy, which are the basis for the fonts that bear the name Baskerville today. The excellent quality of his printing influenced such famous printers as Didot in France and Bodoni in Italy. Though he was known internationally as an innovator of technique and style, his high standards for paper and ink quality made it difficult for him to compete with local commercial printers. However, his fellow Englishmen imitated his types, and in 1768, Isaac Moore punchcut a version of Baskerville's letterforms for the Fry Foundry. Baskerville produced a masterpiece folio Bible for Cambridge University, and today, his types are considered to be fine representations of eighteenth century rationalism and neoclassicism. Legible and eminently dignified, Baskerville makes an excellent text typeface; and its sharp, high-contrast forms make it suitable for elegant advertising pieces as well.

The Linotype portfolio offers many versions of this design:
ITC New Baskerville® was designed by John Quaranda in 1978.
Baskerville Cyrillic was designed by the Linotype Design Studio.
Baskerville Greek was designed by Matthew Carter in 1978.
Baskerville™ Classico was designed by Franko Luin in 1995.

New Baskerville is a trademark of International Typeface Corporation registered in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and which may be registered in certain other jurisdictions.

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