Gill Sans MT
Designed by ERIC GILL
Gill Sans is the famous set of humanist sans serif fonts originally designed by Eric Gill, first appearing in 1928. Gill studied under the renowned calligrapher, Edward Johnston, This influenced Gill who later experimented with sans serif designs. The lighter weights are highly readable in text and suitable for magazine and book work, whereas the heavier weights are best used for display in advertising, packaging, and labels.
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GILL SANS
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The Gill Sans alphabet is classical in proportion. It is classified as a "humanist" sans serif, making it very legible and readable in text and display work. This makes it better suited than most sans serif typefaces to setting bodies of text. Align left
The Gill Sans alphabet is classical in proportion. It is classified as a "humanist" sans serif, making it very legible and readable in text and display work. This makes it better suited than most sans serif typefaces to setting bodies of text. Align center
The Gill Sans alphabet is classical in proportion. It is classified as a "humanist" sans serif, making it very legible and readable in text and display work. This makes it better suited than most sans serif typefaces to setting bodies of text. Align right
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The Gill Sans alphabet is classical in proportion. It is classified as a "humanist" sans serif, making it very legible and readable in text and display work. This makes it better suited than most sans serif typefaces to setting bodies of text. Low leading
The Gill Sans alphabet is classical in proportion. It is classified as a "humanist" sans serif, making it very legible and readable in text and display work. This makes it better suited than most sans serif typefaces to setting bodies of text. Auto leading
The Gill Sans alphabet is classical in proportion. It is classified as a "humanist" sans serif, making it very legible and readable in text and display work. This makes it better suited than most sans serif typefaces to setting bodies of text. High leading
Gill Sans was created in 1928 by the English sculptor, sign painter, type designer and wannabe social reformer Eric Gill. After a short stint as an apprentice to an architect, Gill attended the Central School of Arts and Crafts in London, where he studied lettering under calligrapher Edward Johnston. In 1914, Gill met the typographer Stanley Morison, and began working for the Monotype Corporation an independent English company based in Surrey. After reviving several classical type styles to serve as the foundation of the new Monotype typeface library, Morison wanted to develop a modern face that could compe te with the popular and successful new sans serif fonts, such as futura. Morison saw lettering by Gill that used many of the same letterforms as Edward Johnston’s signage typeface, used for the london Underground system. It struck Morison that a typeface based on this alphabet would be highly marketable. Thus, Eric Gill was given the job of creating Gill Sans.
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