Baskerville Typographic Book

Sherlock Holmes was first introduced in the 1800s and has been popular ever since. He is the most filmed fictional character in the US, and that’s hardly surprising. The adrenaline rush through the cases he would undergo was the drive of this application. This book is inspired by the cases Sherlock guided viewers through.

The interactive storyline within the pages was used to enhance the experience and teach typographic history in a different light.

This case involves a series of events that progressively unfold and lead to the resolution of the case about the typeface Baskerville. Baskerville is known as a traditional font that is an old-style serif mixed with a modern feel.

This distinguished font is well known for its play on font weight distribution, serifs, and signature swash. Once viewers look at this font, it is not a hard mystery to realize it is Baskerville. The play with Caslon and Baskerville in this book helps viewers differentiate what font is who while learning about them.

Learning about older fonts really helps with acknowledging their aspects and developing newer fonts. Original fonts like Baskerville may be forever adored and admired. Paying tribute to Baskerville throughout this book really brought this Old style back to a recent time.

Baskerville Processbook