The perfection of his work seems to have unsettled his compatriot printers, and some claimed his printing damaged the eyes! Abroad, however, he was much admired, notably by Fournier, Bodoni (who intended at one point to come to England to work under him), and Benjamin Franklin. This brochure is the advance showing of our English-cut Monotype Caslon and Baskerville prior to the compilation of a type specimen book, now in process of.
Calson and baskerville typeface series#
The result was a brilliant series of original typefaces and splendid books appearing from 1754 to 1775.īaskerville lost a great deal of money in his printing ventures, and at one point asked for a government subsidy while he was printing his masterpiece, a Bible for the University of Cambridge. When I was asked to analyse two fonts as a part of my classroom assignment, I took that. His quest for perfection meant his first complete book took until 1757 to produce, during which time he made major innovations in press construction (making a flatter, sturdier bed), printing ink (blacker, more even, and quicker-drying), papermaking (wove instead of laid), and of course letter design (which Handy cut to Baskerville’s designs). This led Morris to conclude that Baskerville is the typeface of truth. With capital from this, in 1750 he set up a printing business, hiring John Handy as punchcutter. Although in his lifetime he was underappreciated compared with his close contemporary William Caslon, he is now recognized as the other half of the duo that transformed English printing and type founding.Īfter first working as an accomplished writing master and headstone engraver in Birmingham, he found business success japanning (coating with black varnish) trays and snuff-boxes. English writing master, stonecutter, letter designer, typefounder and printer.
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