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Archive for 22nd September 2008

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The ‘toon of the Baskervilles…

22nd September 2008 | by Alex
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…or, A Very Special K.

Today, I’ve been contributing some work to a little project being produced here in Birmingham – Baskerville, a short animated film celebrating the life and work of local eccentric, printer, jappaner, gravestone engraver and atheist John Baskerville. Baskerville is probably best remembered today as the creator of the Baskerville font, although there is a rather extraordinary tale surrounding what happened to his body post-burial [scroll down]. Read the rest of this entry…

Tags: baskerville, biad, birmingham, birmingham city university, birminghamuk, john baskerville, millennium point
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