Baskervville Italic
Baskervville Italic is the italic weight 400 face of Baskervville, a serif family. Its lowercase letters are 8% narrower than the typical serif font.
Measured metrics
| Average lowercase letter width | 474.6 units per 1000 em |
|---|---|
| Average capital letter width | 707 units per 1000 em |
| Word space | 250 units per 1000 em |
| Digits | proportional (digit widths differ) |
| Spacing | proportional |
| Width of i compared with m | 36% |
| Printable ASCII characters covered | 94 of 94 |
| Category | Serif |
Fonts closest to Baskervville Italic
Measured on every printable character both fonts contain. A smaller difference means the same words take the same space, so lines break in the same places.
- Averia Serif Libre Light Italicloosely similar widths (37.7 units)
- Averia Serif Libre Italicloosely similar widths (39.6 units)
- Ysabeau ExtraBold Italicloosely similar widths (41.1 units)
- Poltawski Nowy Italicloosely similar widths (41.2 units)
- Tiro Kannada Italicloosely similar widths (41.3 units)
- Tiro Telugu Italicloosely similar widths (41.3 units)
- Tiro Devanagari Sanskrit Italicloosely similar widths (41.3 units)
- Tiro Devanagari Marathi Italicloosely similar widths (41.3 units)
Editing a PDF that uses Baskervville Italic
Most PDFs embed only the letters they already use. Type a new letter and many editors either refuse or swap in a different font. MythosPDF recognises Baskervville Italic from the widths stored in your PDF, loads the complete open font, and sets your new text in Baskervville Italic itself. The rest of the page is carried over untouched.
Other Baskervville styles
Questions people ask
+What font is closest to Baskervville Italic?
Among open fonts in the catalogue, Averia Serif Libre Light Italic has the closest letter widths to Baskervville Italic: loosely similar widths, a mean difference of 37.7 units per 1000 em.
+Does Baskervville Italic have tabular numbers?
No. Its digits have different widths, so numbers in columns do not align on their own.
+Can I type new text in Baskervville Italic inside a PDF?
Yes. MythosPDF recognises the font from your PDF, loads the complete Baskervville font, and sets new letters in Baskervville Italic.
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