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A Type Specimen Book
Designed by Victoria Dodgen
ERIC GILL was born on February 22, 1882 and lived until November 17, 1940. He was a wood carver, stone sculptor, and type designer.
¶ Gill Sans is a sans serif font created by Eric Gill. The font was released by Monotype Imaging in 1928 and is part of their type foundry. Gill Sans is classified as a humanist sans serif with geometric elements in its structures, with a British sort of feel to it. The lighter weights work in a body of text, and the heavier weights are great to use for display typography. The font also has an extensive family, from Light to Extra Bold Display. Gill designed many other fonts, such as Perpetua, Floriated Capitals, Aries, and more. ¶ Gill was commissioned to create Gill Sans to be the brand font for the London and North Eastern Railway. They wanted a unique typeface for the railway’s posters and publicity material. However, it was first used and discovered in the front window of a bookstore; Gill made a design and painted what we know today as Gill Sans on it. The font is also called the “Helveica of England.” |1
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GILL SANS LETTERFORM
Flat-topped “A”
Eyeglass “g” with a peculiar ear parallel to the baseline
F
Agd Wide base
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Two Story “g” desgin
Flat-bottomed “d”
Flat-topped “p”
Sharp triangular cut on top
Oblique ascending terminal
ptf
Oblique terminal
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ABCDEF a b c d e f
GHIJKLM g h i j k l m
NOPQRST n o p q r s t
UVWXYZ |5
u v w x y z
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Gill Sans Light Save the pangolins Gill Sans Light Italic Save the pangolins Gill Sans Regular Save the pangolins Gill Sans Italic Save the pangolins Gill Sans Semibold Save the pangolins |7
Gill Sans Semibold Italic Save the pangolins Gill Sans Bold Save the pangolins Gill Sans Bold Italic Save the pangolins Gill Sans UltraBold Save the pangolins 8|
BIBLIO https://www.fonts.com/font/adobe/gillsans/story https://morganlmurrayims224researchtopic. wordpress.com/2014/05/27/gill-sans/
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GRAPHY https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/eric-gill-1168 https://www.linotype.com/391/eric-gill.html
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