Baskerville was a wealthy industrialist, who had started his career as a writing-master (teacher of calligraphy) and carver of gravestones, before making a fortune as a manufacturer of varnished …

5 days ago · John Baskerville was an English printer and creator of a typeface of great distinction bearing his name, whose works are among the finest examples of the art of printing.

Baskerville not only created one of the world’s most historically important typefaces, but he also experimented with casting and setting type, improved the construction of the printing press, …

Baskervville is a revival of Jacob’s revival of Baskerville’s typeface. It was distributed by the Berger-Levrault Foundry from 1815. The font Jacob produced was sold as a “Caractères dans le...

BASKERVILLE, with its well-considered ‘proportions and design, its methods of thickening or thinning parts of a letter, and its sharper and more horizontal treatment of serifs’, is one of the world's most …

Baskervville is a revival of Jacob's revival of Baskerville's typeface. It was distributed by Berger-Levrault Foundry from 1815. The font Jacob produced was sold as a "Caractères dans le genre Baskerwille" …

In this fast-paced comedy, five actors play over 40 characters as Holmes and Watson race to crack the mystery of the legendary Baskerville curse. Full of clever twists, witty dialogue, and theatrical …

For historical specificity and correctness, and entertain typophiles, Open Baskerville is to be a revival of a Baskervillian ‘clone’ by Isaac Moore, a punchcutter who worked for the type foundry of Joseph Fry …

Mar 13, 2024 · John Baskerville was an English printer, typefounder, and businessman, born in Wolverly, Worcestershire in 1707. Early on in life, Baskerville developed a keen interest in lettering.

John Baskerville was an influential English entrepreneur and printer born in the early 18th century, whose innovations in typography and printing transformed the book industry.