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Baskerville v. Mrs Eaves
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Baskerville v. Mrs Eaves
Fonts
Mrs Eaves: The Times
- Computers were an available tool
- Adobe had invented PostScript, a system that uses mathematical calculations to describe typefaces (as opposed to pixel definitions). In response, Apple and Microsoft produced Truetype, prompting an explosion in font design
Mrs Eaves: The Font
- Transitional Serif Typeface
- Mildly stylized Baskerville revival
- Known for its profusion of colorful ligatures and "petite caps"
- Beloved by graphic designers yet regarded with mild suspicion by typographers; some question its fitness for use in body text, due to how the design is spaced.
- Modern with an antique feel
Type Family: Regular, Italic, Bold Medium, Medium Italic, Bold Italic, Lining, Small Caps and Petite Caps
The Similarities:
Mrs Eaves: The Artist
- Both retain an overall openness and lightness.
- Baskerville acted as a starting point for the design of Mrs Eaves
The Differences:
Zuzana Licko
- Born in Czechoslovakia in 1961.
- Father was a biomathematician, helped Licko design her first typeface, a Greek alphabet, for his personal use.
- Entered the University of California at Berkeley in 1981.
- Founded the design team Emigré Design with her husband Rudy VanderLans in 1984. Together they produced the Emigré journal, which included Licko's digital typeface designs.
- Mrs Eaves lower case characters have a wider proportion. X-height is reduced, relative to the cap-height.
- Serifs and terminals are rounded and the thick and thin contrasts are reduced, making Mrs Eaves appear softer and more organic.
- Mrs Eaves is considered to be less legible in blocks of text.
Baskerville: The Times
- Baskerville was produced in 1757
- It was an innovative time for printing, ink manufacturing and paper making
- Phillipe Grandjean’s
exclusive "Romain du
Roi" for Louis XIV had
circulated and been
copied in Europe.
Baskerville: The Font
Baskerville: The Man
- Transitional Serif Typeface
- In-between classical typefaces and the high contrast modern faces
- Designed with perfect legibility in mind
Type Family: Regular, Italic, Medium, Medium Italic, Bold
Modern typeface with high contrast between thick and thins
http://idsgn.org/posts/know-your-type-baskerville/
John Baskerville
- Servant in a clergyman's house, his employer discovered his interest in penmanship
- He was illiterate
- Redesigned the press by replacing wooden plates with brass in order to allow the planes to meet more evenly
- Created his own darker ink out of linseed oil
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