A Baskerville interpretation issued by Berthold in 1961 in roman
and italic. Medium and bold were added in 1965 [Berthold 1980]. Distinguished by ‘a’ w/
non-saggy bowl, large-eyed ‘e’, and ‘R’ w/ notch between bowl and
leg. Not to be confused with Berthold Baskerville Book (1980).
In addition to Berthold’s digitization (three upright and two
italic weights), digital versions based on this design are also
sold by Linotype¹, URW² (discontinued as of 2022), Elsner+Flake (as
Baskerville EF, “designed by E+F Design Studio in
1985” [FontShop], and
Scangraphic (as Baskerville No. 1).
1) Not to be confused with George W. Jones’s version for machine
composition, see Linotype Baskerville.
2) Design credited to Yelena Tzaregorodtseva, 1961 [More…
A Baskerville interpretation issued by Berthold in 1961 in roman and italic. Medium and bold were added in 1965 [Berthold 1980]. Distinguished by ‘a’ w/ non-saggy bowl, large-eyed ‘e’, and ‘R’ w/ notch between bowl and leg. Not to be confused with Berthold Baskerville Book (1980).
In addition to Berthold’s digitization (three upright and two italic weights), digital versions based on this design are also sold by Linotype¹, URW² (discontinued as of 2022), Elsner+Flake (as Baskerville EF, “designed by E+F Design Studio in 1985” [FontShop], and Scangraphic (as Baskerville No. 1).
1) Not to be confused with George W. Jones’s version for machine composition, see Linotype Baskerville.
2) Design credited to Yelena Tzaregorodtseva, 1961 [URW], but that’s unlikely and unconfirmed.
