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Documents referring to these items ...
English designer Isaac Moore created the font Baskerville Old Face in 1768. Baskerville Old Face is based on one developed by the renowned 18th-century typographer John Baskerville. Tell-tale differences, including the characteristic squarish curves in the capital C and G, identify it as the version first issued by the Fry type foundry, established by the Fry family after they succeeded in the chocolate business.
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. They needed finer paper and printing [...]
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. They needed finer paper and printing [...]
Other families by this designer ...
About Baskerville Font Family ...
Designer: John Baskerville, 1750
The Baskerville Font Family is part of the Linotype Originals.
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 font:
ITC New Baskerville® was designed by Matthew Carter and 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.
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