Virginia is for Lovers Font

Virginia is for Lovers is the tourism and travel slogan of the Virginia and it was introduced in 1969. It is named by Advertising Age as one of the most iconic ad campaigns in the past 50 years.

The font used for the slogan text is probably ITC New Baskerville, with “Virginia” set in Regular and “is for lovers” set in Italic. Baskerville is a transitional serif typeface originally drawn by John Baskerville in 1757. More details about the typeface can be found here.

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In addition to Virginia is for Lovers, Baskerville typeface is also used in the following logos, movie posters or album covers, etc., including: Fullmetal Alchemist, Dressbarn Logo, Parade’s End, The Government of Canada, Verisign, The Bones of What You Believe, The Master, Heaven Is For Real, Bruster’s Ice Cream, American Gangster, Wasting All These Tears, New Jack City, JFK, The Moth Diaries, The Water Horse.