Typophile - (x) serif face on my website - Monotype Baskerville {Michel Boyer} - Comments

I guess they’re hinting

Michel Boyer — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:35:39 -0700

I guess they’re hinting the gap much more open?

If I open with Acroread or Acrobat, at 100%, a pdf file containing those words in Baskerville 10pt, I see those open gaps on the screen. If I open the very same file with Preview, I don’t. I was thus quite lucky to get that close match and the hinting would not be enough to explain the gap.

That looks VERY close if not

onpaperwings — Sat, 9 Jun 2007 06:35:16 -0700

That looks VERY close if not exactly it!

I was thinking that may be the case - a Baskerville that when used really small and decreased by Photoshop for the web might do that.

Thank you very much!

Yes, it IS the type on my

onpaperwings — Sat, 9 Jun 2007 06:32:35 -0700

Yes, it IS the type on my own site - that is the embarassing part. A good friend did all of the coding for the site, but he can’t remember what face he used for the navigation buttons.

I guess they’re hinting

hrant — Sat, 9 Jun 2007 06:19:12 -0700

I guess they’re hinting the gap much more open?

hhp

Here is the grab I get on my

Michel Boyer — Sat, 9 Jun 2007 06:12:00 -0700

Here is the grab I get on my macintosh from the pdf output of a latex source that uses the gtamacbaskerville package. The associated font is Monotype Baskerville. At that size, with just a bitmap, I can’t see the difference. Can you?

It’s not Fountain’s

Scott D — Sat, 9 Jun 2007 04:31:43 -0700

It’s not Fountain’s 1757. The descenders are too short and the tail of the “g” is too open.

I don’t get it - that’s

hrant — Fri, 8 Jun 2007 21:47:03 -0700

I don’t get it - that’s the font on your own site!
Did you forget what you used or something?

Baskerville: it has some of those traits, but the tail is a bit too open... Although the italic on your site does look very Baskerville indeed... Maybe Fountain’s cut?

hhp

(x) serif face on my website - Monotype Baskerville {Michel Boyer}

onpaperwings — Fri, 8 Jun 2007 21:25:55 -0700

This should be an easy one, but it is driving me crazy. Maybe a Baskerville?

Thanks so much for your help!