Hardcopy
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Hardcopy
In the Digital age, the hundreds of hours spent painstakingly crafting a typeface have been lost in the consumer’s first unvailing. Now reduced to clicking a .zip file, this craftsmanship is no longer being given its due. We aim to change that.
Gill Sans The successful Gill Sans was designed by the English artist and type designer Eric Gill and issued by Monotype in 1928 to 1930. The roots of Gill Sans can be traced to the typeface that Gill’s teacher, Edward Johnston, designed for the signage of the London Underground Railway in 1918.
Gill´s alphabet is more classical in proportion and contains what have become known as his signature flared capital R and eyeglass lowercase g. Gill Sans is a humanist sans serif with some geometric touches in its structures. It also has a distinctly British feel.
Legible and modern though sometimes cheerfully idiosyncratic, the lighter weights work for text, and the bolder weights make for compelling display typography.
Ultra Light
ABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUV WXYZ abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Light
ABCDEFGHIJKL MNOPQRSTUV WXYZ abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Book
ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Medium
ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Semi Bold
ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQRS TUVWXYZ abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Bold
ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNOPQRS TUVWXYZ abcdefghijklm nopqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Ultra Light Italics
ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ abcdefghijklmno pqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Light Italic
ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ abcdefghijklmno pqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Book Italic
ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ abcdefghijklmno pqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Medium Italic
ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Semi Bold Italic
ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRSTU VWXYZ abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
Bold Italic
ABCDEFGHIJK LMNOPQRST UVWXYZ abcdefghijklmn opqrstuvwxyz 0123456789 .,:;“”*!?() {}#%$¢£¥ &
In practice
Branding London Underground
Branding Bittern Trains
Book covers Penguin Books USA
Book cover Russia Reported 1921 - 1933 Walter Duranty
was designed by the English artist and type designer
issued by
Monotype in 1928 to 1930