Baskerville font was used to print a folio bible for the Cambridge University Press 1763
(the image below)
.
The popularity of using Baskerville font started declining after the creation of modern
typefaces, such as Bodoni. However in 1917, with the help of Bruce Rogers (left) it
has a revival in popularity(right).
Today the Canadian Government's Corporate Identity Program used
Baskerville typeface, as well as the University ofBirmingham
Other things that it has being used in today:
Blog by RG
Sources.
http://www.wikipedia.org/
http://www.linotype.com/ fr/766/bruerogers.html
http://typophile.com/node/12622
http://lewisshepherd.wordpress.com/2008/03/29/do-voters-love-the-candidates-or-their-fonts/
http://www.custardfactory.co.uk/
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