Definition of "Baskerville"

Baskerville

/ˈbæs.kɚˌvɪl/

proper noun
1. A surname from Anglo-Norman.
2. A family of serif fonts derived from the work of John Baskerville.
  Quotations
  Caslon or Garamond or Baskerville is shouted as the compositors search for as many cases of these types as can be found.
  2010, Andrea Levy, The Long Song, Tinder Press (2017), page 381