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Old Style (Miller & Richard)
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Old Style, later referred to as modernised old style, is a series of serif typefaces cut from the mid-nineteenth century and sold by the type foundry Miller & Richard, of Edinburgh in Scotland. It was
Miller & Richard's original specimen for their Old Style fonts, in a mock-traditional style with the long s and archaic ligatures.
Miller & Richard's original specimen for their Old Style fonts, in a mock-traditional style with the long s and archaic ligatures.
Old Style in a Miller & Richard specimen, showing its quite wide, light structure.
Old Style in a Miller & Richard specimen, showing its quite wide, light structure.
Old Style Italic in a Miller & Richard specimen. The italic has a strong slant.
Old Style Italic in a Miller & Richard specimen. The italic has a strong slant.
Baskerville
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Baskerville is a serif typeface designed in 1757 by John Baskerville in Birmingham, England, and cut into metal by punchcutter John Handy. Baskerville is classified as a transitional typeface, intende
Old Style (Miller & Richard)
…in taste since the eighteenth century. The letters are rather wide and the italic is evenly, and rather strongly slanted. The two-way Q recalls the Baskerville type of the mid-eighteenth century. Hugh Williamson describes it as "large on the body, light and open, and rather wide". The name "old style" is…
The Folio Bible printed by Baskerville in 1763.
The Folio Bible printed by Baskerville in 1763.
Baskerville's first publication, an edition of Virgil. The design shows the smooth, gleaming finish of his paper and minimal title pages.
Baskerville's first publication, an edition of Virgil. The design shows the smooth, gleaming finish of his paper and minimal title pages.
A slate carved by John Baskerville in his early career offering his services carving tombstones, in blackletter, roman, script and italic. The design
A slate carved by John Baskerville in his early career offering his services carving tombstones, in blackletter, roman, script and italic. The design is similar to his typography. A recreation in Monotype Baskerville shows the similarities of letterforms.
A detail view of Baskerville's Bible for Cambridge, showing the crispness of the impression.
A detail view of Baskerville's Bible for Cambridge, showing the crispness of the impression.