Created in the fall of 2007, this poster was created to fulfill a requirement for Typography class. My assignment was to research and choose a serif typeface and then to create a one-page paper which could be incorporated into a poster which the words would reflect the time, use, and purpose of the type.
While doing my research on typefaces which have serifs (extra lines/markings which are characteristic of older typefaces), I came across the title of "Baskerville". In all honesty, I was hooked from the title. Being a tremendous fan of the Sherlock Holmes mysteries by Aurthur Conan Doyle, I thought of his story "The Hound of the Baskerville's". Well, it's a long story about how deep my interest in Sherlock Holmes has been around, but needless to say, that upon finding Baskerville to be a serif type, I chose it for my piece.
Upon research, I discovered that John Baskerville (an Englishman living 1706 to 1775) created this type to make reading easier for the citizens of England. Baskerville type was formed for the purpose of printing books. An interesting note is that although Baskerville was a steadfast atheist after a family tragedy, the first book he printed was the Bible in English. Because John Baskerville lived so long ago, I aged my poster, and I tried to put it into a modern poster form. This modern influence was an attempt on my part to merge the past with the present in my work.
