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John Baskerville (born Jan. 28, 1706, Wolverley, Worcestershire, Eng.—died Jan. 8, 1775, Birmingham, Warwickshire) was an English printer and creator of a typeface of great distinction bearing his name, whose works are among the finest examples of the art of printing.
John Baskerville (baptised 28 January 1707 – 8 January 1775) was an English businessman, in areas including japanning and papier-mâché, but he is best remembered as a printer and type designer. He was also responsible for inventing "wove paper", which was considerably smoother than "laid paper", allowing for sharper printing results.
John Baskerville was an eighteenth century printer and designer of a typeface which bears his name. When and Where was he Born? 28th January 1706, Sion Hill, Wolverley, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England.
John Baskerville (1706–75) came to typesetting and printing at the age of fifty, after making a fortune in ‘japanned wares’. Born near Kidderminster in Worcestershire, he began his career as a writing-master, and moved on to stone-cutting.
John Baskerville. 1706-1775. British printer and inventor who, after beginning his career as a calligrapher and gravestone engraver, gained lasting recognition for developing a typeface in 1754 that is still used today.
BASKERVILLE, with its well-considered ‘proportions and design, its methods of thickening or thinning parts of a letter, and its sharper and more horizontal treatment of serifs’, is one of the world's most widely used, enduring and influential typefaces. It was created by John Baskerville (1707–75), a printer, entrepreneur and artist who ...
John Baskerville [1706–75] was an inventor, entrepreneur and artist with a world-wide reputation who made eighteenth-century Birmingham a city without typographic equal.