JOHN
BASKERVILLE
CONTENT 1. BACKGROUND 2. CONTRIBUTIONS 3. PUBLISHED WORKS 4. REFERENCES
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BACKGROUND TYPE DESIGNER WRITING MASTER BUSSINESSMAN
PRINTER
LUNAR SOCIETY
ROYAL SOCIETY OF ARTS UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE
John Baskerville (1706-1775)
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CONTRIBUTIONS ABCDEFGHIJKLM NOPQRSTUVWXYZ abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789
OLD STYLE Garamond
TRANSITIONAL STYLE Baskerville
MODERN STYLE Bodoni
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PUBLISHED WORKS
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REFERENCES • Benton, Josiah Henry (1914). John Baskerville: Typefounder and Printer, 1706-1775. Boston: The Merrymount Press. • Gaskell, Philip (1973). John Baskerville: A Bibliography. Paul P. B. Minet. • Sutton, James; Sutton, Alan (1988). An Atlas of Typeforms. Wordsworth Editions. p. 59 • http://idsgn.org/posts/know-your-type-baskerville/ • https://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2010/01/the_baskerville_virgil.html