ARGONAUT BOOKS

Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types and modern styles, notable for its combination of fat and thin letters. When it was first used, more than 250 years ago, there was genuine concern that it would damage readers' eyes. John Baskerville was a maverick lacquer maker and printer in Birmingham, a flamboyant dresser, a key figure in the enlightenment. Though it earned him little money, he was obsessive about both his typeface and its appearance on the page, using a new form of paper to show it at its best. His perfection culminated in his Bible, acclaimed as t...Read More