Due to its relatively wide proportions, as compared with the original Baskerville, it's useful for giving presence to small amounts of text such as poetry, or for elegant headlines and for use in print ads. It makes the reader slow down a bit and contemplate the message.

Mrs Eaves was named after Baskerville's live in housekeeper, Sarah Eaves, whom he later married. One of Baskerville's intents was to develop typefaces that pushed the contrast between thick and thin strokes, partially to show off the new printing and paper making techniques of his time.

The main distinguishing features of Mrs Eaves XL are its larger x- height with proportionally shorter ascenders and descenders and overall tighter spacing. These additional fonts expand the Mrs Eaves family for a larger variety of uses, specifically those requiring space economy.

In this case, a transitional serif font (Mrs Eaves) pairs well with a geometric sans-serif (Futura).