Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface: Audiobook
Part of ABC of Fonts
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface audiobook runs 3.2 hours unabridged, narrated by David Thorpe (about 2.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.2 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 3.2 hours, it is shorter than 77% of the 39,028 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by David Thorpe
David Thorpe narrates 356 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,606 hours in all.
About as long, on the Non-Fiction shelf
1,655 Non-Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface is an audiobook by Simon Garfield: a 3.2-hour unabridged recording, read by David Thorpe, released October 22, 2024, on the Non-Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.2 hrs
- Narrated by
- David Thorpe
- Released
- October 22, 2024
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Non-Fiction
- Series
- ABC of Fonts
- ISBN
- 9798855593785
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface audiobook?
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface runs 3.2 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.1 hours.
Is the Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface audiobook free?
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Who narrates Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface?
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface is narrated by David Thorpe.