The Type Pod

Baskerville


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In this episode we talk about Baskerville, which is the most trustworthy typeface (as proven by Science.) 

Anitra has Feminist Thoughts about designer John Baskerville and thought it would be inappropriate for Jason to mansplain this particular typeface to her… but she found out some things about JB and, well, this episode takes a turn. 

We learn about how designer John Baskerville pissed off the establishment enough to be turned into a famous book character and perhaps inspired a riot. What happened to Baskerville after he died is possibly even more interesting than why he got dismissed by the Vox Classification system. 

And it’s not often you can say that.

You can find the show notes and transcript set in Baskerville  at https://www.anitraland.com/podcast

If you'd like to share your own views on Baskerville, or the pod, email us on [email protected] or leave us a message on speakpipe.com/thesiswhisperer

You can find us on Twitter: @type_pod and on Insta: @the_type_pod

Our Producer, Professor Inger Mewburn is located at the Australian National University and is on twitter as @thesiswhisperer

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