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CHAPTER EIGHTAn Epoch <strong>of</strong> Typographic GeniusHISTORY OF GRAPHIC & WEB DESIGNJohn Baskerville, also from Engl<strong>and</strong>, wasinvolved in all facets <strong>of</strong> the bookmakingprocess. He designed, cast <strong>and</strong> set type,improved the printing press, conceived newpapers, <strong>and</strong> designed <strong>and</strong> published thebooks he printed. His type designs, whichare popular with designers today, representthe zenith <strong>of</strong> the transitional style bridgingBaskervillethe gap between old style <strong>and</strong> modern type.He made a fortune manufacturing <strong>and</strong> sellingjappaned ware—a heavilylacquered metal popularat the time.20
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