Baskerville

Summary

Baskerville is a typeface family^[1]. Baskerville ranks in the top 5% of typeface_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Baskerville's image is recorded as WmBaskerville.png^[3].
• Baskerville's instance of is recorded as typeface family^[4].
• John Baskerville is named after Baskerville^[5].
• Baskerville's GND ID is recorded as 7645936-6^[6].
• Baskerville's subclass of is recorded as serif typeface^[7].
• Baskerville's writing system is recorded as Latin script^[8].
• Baskerville's designed by is recorded as John Baskerville^[9].
• Baskerville's Commons category is recorded as Baskerville^[10].
• +1757-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Baskerville^[11].
• Baskerville's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/025s_4z^[12].
• Baskerville's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Baskerville^[13].
• Baskerville's Commons gallery is recorded as Baskerville^[14].
• Baskerville's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Baskerville^[15].
• Baskerville's Vox-ATypI classification is recorded as Classical Transitional^[16].
• Baskerville's different from is recorded as Baskerville^[17].
• Baskerville's type foundry is recorded as G. Peignot et Fils^[18].
• Baskerville's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2781237907^[19].
• Baskerville's Lex ID is recorded as Baskerville_antikva^[20].
• Baskerville's Fonts In Use identifier is recorded as 1145^[21].

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Designation and Status

Baskerville's instance of is recorded as typeface family^[4].

History and Context

+1757-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Baskerville^[11]. John Baskerville is named after Baskerville^[5].

Why It Matters

Baskerville ranks in the top 5% of typeface_family entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (304 views/month).^[2] Baskerville has Wikipedia articles in 14 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[22]