# Baskervville font

> A revival of a French Baskerville-style type sold from 1815, digitised at ANRT, with old-style figures.

Baskervville is a serif typeface from ANRT that revives Jacob's early nineteenth-century version of Baskerville's type, sold by the Berger-Levrault foundry from 1815. Baskervville is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700, giving Regular, Medium, SemiBold and Bold with italics. It is released under the SIL Open Font License 1.1 and suits books and editorial text.

## Facts

- Classification: [Serif](https://trendhub.net/fonts/category/serif)
- Designed by: ANRT
- License: SIL Open Font License 1.1 (https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/)
- Styles: 8 (Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600, Bold 700; with italics)
- Variable font: Yes (wght 400–700)
- Glyphs: 707
- Character sets: latin, latin-ext
- Last updated: 2025-09-11
- Official source: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Baskervville
- Page: https://trendhub.net/fonts/baskervville
- Tagged for: Body text, Editorial, Elegant

## About Baskervville

Baskervville is a serif typeface that digitises a French type of the early nineteenth century: Jacob's interpretation of Baskerville's letters, which the Berger-Levrault foundry distributed from 1815 under a name spelt with a w. According to the project notes, the roman stays close to Baskerville's own types while the italic moves towards the later modern manner, so the family records a shift from transitional to modern style. The specimen shows strong contrast between thick and thin strokes, bracketed serifs, a Q with a sweeping tail and old-style figures that rise and fall like lowercase letters. Baskervville is a variable font with a weight axis from 400 to 700 and eight styles. It has 707 glyphs for Latin and Latin Extended. ANRT students designed it in 2017 under the direction of Charles Mazé, with development and production by Rosalie Wagner.

## License

SIL Open Font License 1.1. Copyright 2018 The Baskervville Project Authors (https://github.com/anrt-type/ANRT-Baskervville)

Allowed:
- Use the fonts in personal and commercial work, in print, on the web and in apps.
- Modify the fonts and build new versions from them.
- Redistribute the fonts, on their own or bundled with software, as long as the license text and copyright notice go with them.

Conditions:
- The fonts cannot be sold by themselves.
- A modified version must stay under the same license and cannot use a Reserved Font Name without the copyright holder's permission.
- The authors' names cannot be used to promote a modified version without permission.

Summary only, not legal advice. Full text: https://openfontlicense.org/open-font-license-official-text/

## Where it works

- **Book interiors**: Old-style figures and a true italic, both visible in the specimen and the style list, sit quietly inside running text.
- **Long-form articles and essays**: Regular and Medium carry paragraphs, with SemiBold and Bold reserved for headings and run-in titles.
- **Academic and literary publishing**: The design reproduces a historical type from 1815, which suits editions, journals and catalogues with a classical tone.
- **Pull quotes and titles**: The contrast between thick stems and fine hairlines becomes a feature when the type is set large.
- **Formal stationery and programmes**: A serif with bracketed serifs and an elegant italic gives names and dates a traditional look.

## Things to know

- **Figures are old-style**: The numerals in the specimen have ascenders and descenders. They blend into text but do not line up at capital height.
- **Weights from Regular to Bold**: The weight axis covers 400 to 700; there is no light weight and nothing heavier than Bold.
- **Latin only**: The fonts cover Latin and Latin Extended. Cyrillic, Greek and Vietnamese are not included.

## FAQs

### Is Baskervville free for commercial use?

Yes, under the SIL Open Font License 1.1. Baskervville may be used in personal and commercial projects, modified and redistributed; it cannot be sold by itself, and a modified version keeps the same license.

### Who designed Baskervville?

Baskervville was designed in 2017 by six ANRT students, Rosalie Wagner, Tanguy Vanlaeys, Rafael Ribas, Morgane Pierson, Rémi Forte and Alexis Faudot, directed by Charles Mazé.

### Why is Baskervville spelled with two v's?

Baskervville revives a type that Jacob produced and that was sold as a Baskerville-like face under a name written with a w in place of the v.

### How many weights does Baskervville have?

Baskervville has four named weights, Regular 400, Medium 500, SemiBold 600 and Bold 700, each with an italic, for eight styles.

### Is Baskervville a variable font?

Yes. Baskervville is a variable font with one axis, weight, from 400 to 700, in separate roman and italic files.

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Source: https://trendhub.net/fonts/baskervville (trendhub)