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Courtesy of Cambridge University, high-res photos of the original punches used by 18th-century printer John Baskerville to make his eponymous typeface. [kottke.org]

kottke.orgThe Baskerville PunchesJohn Baskerville was an influential 18th-century printer and type designer; you’ve probably used (or at least heard of) the Baskerville typeface. Cambridge University has the original punches1 used to create his si

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