Baskerville (font)

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Baskerville
font Baskerville
category Serif
Font classification Baroque Antiqua
Font designer John Baskerville
Creation 1754
example
Font example for Baskerville
New cut of the Baskerville Old Face from the Linotype Collection

The Baskerville is a font that originated as a transitional antiqua of the Baroque in 1754.

features

The term transitional antiqua describes the position of the baroque fonts as a transition between the renaissance antiques and the classicist font styles . The font developed by John Baskerville (1706–1775) in Birmingham was considered a technical milestone and an important reference for the later classicists. Nonetheless, for aesthetic reasons, the Caslon was often preferred, which is also considered the English antiqua par excellence. There were already numerous versions of the Baskerville back in the days of lead type.

Modified Baskerville in the word-figurative trademark of the Government of Canada

The Baskerville font is characterized by strong line contrasts , upright shadow axes and horizontally emphasized serifs.

literature

  • Günter Schuler: Typographic Atlas . Publisher Smartbooks Premium range.

Web links

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