An exhibition which charts the creation of one of the world's most important and influential typefaces. John Baskerville (1707–75) was England’s foremost printer and the Baskerville typeface is familiar to billions of users of standard computer software across the world. This exhibition looks at the exceptional collection of typographic punches designed, cut, and used at Baskerville’s workshop in Birmingham, which are now held at Cambridge University Library. Individually engraved in steel, punches were the first of three stages in the manufacturing of metal type—one that posed challenges in both materials and design