Speaker 1: Welcome to the WBZ Book Club. I'm Jordan Rich. I'm
Speaker 1: always intrigued by writers who have a certain knack for
Speaker 1: certain things. Simon Garfield is one such writer who's written Baskerville,
Speaker 1: The Biography of a Typeface. That's right, one of the
Speaker 1: most popular typefaces in the world was created back in
Speaker 1: the seventeen fifties by yes a man named Baskerville. In
Speaker 1: this book looks at his life and intent to design
Speaker 1: a reasonable and perfect set of letters and numbers produced
Speaker 1: in fourteen sizes in both Roman and Italic. But it
Speaker 1: didn't happen overnight. It took Baskerville several years to perfect.
Speaker 1: He didn't enjoy success while he was alive. However, it
Speaker 1: took a couple of centuries for the Baskerville typeface to
Speaker 1: become really accepted. Things we take for granted had to
Speaker 1: be developed, had to be invented, and author Simon Garfield
Speaker 1: lays out a bit of typographic history of the font
Speaker 1: that today rules the roost. Baskerville The Biography of a Typeface,
Speaker 1: and that's the book Club. WBZ, Boston's news radio