Playfair Display
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Free Baskerville alternatives
John Baskerville, Birmingham, 1750s — the transitional serif that sits between the old-style faces and the didones that followed.
What a Baskerville substitute has to get right
Sharp bracketed serifs, near-vertical stress and real contrast, without going as far as a didone. The moment the serifs become flat hairlines at a right angle it has stopped being a Baskerville.
The 3 in this archive
Listed only where the substitution would survive a designer looking at both — a flattering near-match is worse than a short list.
Libre Baskerville
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow
Baskervville
Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow