Gill Sans Type Specimen Book

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Gill Sans’ Creation Drawing heavily on Johnston’s work, Gill first experimented with his ‘improvements’ in 1926 when he hand-painted lettering for a bookshop sign in his hometown, Bristol. Gill also sketched a guide for the bookshop owner, Douglas Cleverdon, who later published the work in A Book of Alphabets for Douglas Cleverdon. The alphabet, which at the time only contained uppercase letters, was noticed by Stanley Morison for its commercial potential. A Monotype advisor, Morison commissioned Gill to develop a complete font family to compete with the sans-serif designs released by German foundries fueled by the overwhelming success of Futura. The font was released commercially by Monotype in 1928 as Gill Sans.


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SHADOWED HEAVY LIGHT

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Notes Notes

Gill Sans MT Pro - Book Gill- Sans 9 pt MT Pro - Book - 9 pt Gill Sans is the Helvetica Gill ofSans England; is theubiquitous, Helvetica of utilitarian England;and ubiquitous, uti

yet also quite specific inyet its also ability quite to point specific to in our itsnotions ability to of point to our no

time and place. As the preferred time and place. typeface As the of British preferred typeface of British

establishments (the Railways, establishments the Church, (thethe Railways, BBC and thePenguin Church, the BBC

Books), Gill Sans is partBooks), of the British Gill Sans visual is part heritage of thejust British like visual heritag the Union Jack and the the safety Union pin. Jack and the safety pin. - Ben Archer

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place. As the preferred typeface place. Asofthe British preferred establishments typeface of(the British establishme

Railways, the Church, theRailways, BBC andthe Penguin Church, Books), the BBC Gill and SansPenguin is Books), G

part of the British visual part heritage of the justBritish like the visual Union heritage Jack and just the like the Union Ja safety pin.

safety pin. - Ben Archer

Gill Sans MT Pro - BoldGill Italic Sans- MT 9 pt Pro - Bold Italic - 9 pt Gill Sans is the Helvetica Gill Sans of England; is the Helvetica ubiquitous, of England; ubiquitou

utilitarian and yet also utilitarian quite specific and yet in its alsoability quiteto specific point in its abil

to our notions of timetoand ourplace. notions Asof the time preferred and place. As the prefer

typeface of British establishments typeface of British (the Railways, establishments the (the Railway

Church, the BBC andChurch, Penguinthe Books), BBC Gill and Sans Penguin is part Books), of Gill San

the British visual heritage the British just like visual the heritage Union Jack justand likethe the Union Ja safety pin.

safety pin. - Ben Archer

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an and yet also utilitarian quite specific and yetin also its quite abilityspecific to in its ability to

int to our notionspoint of time to our andnotions place. As of the time and place. As the

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s, the Church, Railways, the BBC the and Church, Penguin theBooks), BBC and Penguin Books),

s part of the Gill British Sans is visual part ofheritage the British just visual like heritage just like the Union Jack andthe theUnion safetyJack pin. and the safety pin. - Ben Archer

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t also quite specific and yet in its alsoability quite to specific point in toits ourability to point to our

ns of time and place. notions As of thetime preferred and place. typeface As the of preferred typeface of

ishmentsBritish (the Railways, establishments the Church, (the Railways, the BBC and the Church, the BBC and

ks), Gill Sans Penguin is part Books), of theGill British Sans is visual partheritage of the British visual heritage just like the Union Jack justand likethe thesafety Unionpin. Jack and the safety pin. - Ben Archer

- Ben Archer


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