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Baskerville is a serif typeface designed in 1757 by John Baskerville in Birmingham, England, and cut into metal by punchcutter John Handy. Baskerville is classified as a transitional typeface, intended as a refinement of what are now called old-style typefaces of the period, especially those of his most eminent contemporary, William Caslon.

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It is catalogued under topics including Digital typefaces, Letterpress typefaces and Monotype typefaces.

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Typeface.name
Baskerville
Typeface.image
BaskervilleSpec.svg
Typeface.style
Serif
Typeface.classifications
Transitional
Typeface.creator
John Baskerville
Typeface.foundry
Deberny & Peignot, Linotype
Typeface.releasedate
1752
Typeface.foundries
Mergenthaler Linotype, Lanston Monotype, Adobe Inc., American Type Founders, H. Berthold AG
Typeface.shown_here
Baskerville Ten byFrantišek Štorm

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Wikidata facts

Named after
John Baskerville
Designed by
John Baskerville
Image
WmBaskerville.png
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Commons category
Baskerville
Commons gallery
Baskerville
inception
1757-00-00
Vox-ATypI classification
Classical Transitional
writing system
Latin script
different from
Baskerville
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