Film screening: The Baskerville Punches
Venue: Winterbourne House, 58 Edgbaston Park Rd, Birmingham B15 2RT
Date and time: Wednesday 12 February 2020 | 1700-1930
Booking: this is a FREE event, but booking is essential. Reserver your tickets here.
‘Baskerville’, with its well-considered design and elegant proportions is one of the world’s most widely used, enduring and influential typefaces. It was created by John Baskerville (1707–75), an eighteenth-century Birmingham printer and entrepreneur; an Enlightenment figure with a worldwide reputation who changed the course of type design. This film takes a look at Baskerville’s typeface design, how it was made, how it was printed, and the beautiful books he created using his new type. Using original material in the University Library Cambridge, this film demonstrates Baskerville’s working methods, provides insights into his craftsmanship, and extends our knowledge of Baskerville beyond the man and his books.
Directed by: Mike Gibbs, History West Midlands; Produced by: ICE Productions, Birmingham.
With thanks to: Assay Office Birmingham; Baskerville Society; Historic Print Room, University of Cambridge Library; School of Jewellery, BCU.