See the wiki: Baskerville
Furthermore, FontShop’s Baskerville Genre FontList.
It depends on the application, of course: Fry's Baskerville is great for display, but the high contrast makes it unusable for text. Storm and Fountain both have interesting and fresh renditions – the former being way more versatile than the latter.
Also check for kerning. Some foundries have lousy metrics.
If you deal with European customers frequently and elect to purchase an OpenType font, check the effectiveness of the Context Sensitive Layout functions with a text sequence such as this:
13 Feb 2010 — 6:31am
The ‘Q’ says Baskerville.
13 Feb 2010 — 6:35am
Needed for an obituary of some kind?
13 Feb 2010 — 8:34am
I was curious whether the lc "c" was of the same face as the uc text.
13 Feb 2010 — 8:39am
Yup. I’d say so. It’s all some Baskerville (one of the many).
13 Feb 2010 — 10:11am
What's your "go to "Baskerville? Which version has the most personality or is the most contemporary in your opinions?
13 Feb 2010 — 10:38am
See the wiki: Baskerville
Furthermore, FontShop’s Baskerville Genre FontList.
It depends on the application, of course: Fry's Baskerville is great for display, but the high contrast makes it unusable for text.
Storm and Fountain both have interesting and fresh renditions – the former being way more versatile than the latter.
13 Feb 2010 — 11:07am
You could also give Bulmer a shot. It has a display cut.
13 Feb 2010 — 12:09pm
TYVM.
16 Feb 2010 — 12:54pm
Also check for kerning. Some foundries have lousy metrics.
If you deal with European customers frequently and elect to purchase an OpenType font, check the effectiveness of the Context Sensitive Layout functions with a text sequence such as this:
‹abc› ‹ABC›
«abc» «ABC»
¡abc! ¡ABC!
¿abc? ¿ABC?
also,
[abc] [ABC] {abc} {ABC} (abc) (ABC)
a-b–c—d A-B–C—D
Don’t settle for a font that does not have small caps either. You might not use it this job, but it will come in handy for the next.
Mikey :-)