Eric gill

Eric Gill designed many fine typefaces including the well-known "Gill Sans". One of his others, that can still on rare occassions be seen, was the corporate typeface used by W H Smith & Sons. W H Smith's, the famous UK based newsagents and booksellers, had a very strong identity for its shops and advertising. This typeface, with strong links I think to the pen lettering that Gill had studied with Edward Johnston, was to 'guide' the company's signwriters - and it appeared on shop and kiosk…

As well as being the inventor of Gill Sans and Perpetua, Eric Gill was a prolific wood engraver. The letters on this page, engraved in 1923, were intended perhaps for use in a book. View this and other wood engravings by the artist at Tate Britain, by appointment. Or, if you're in Los Angeles between now and March, you could go along to the exhibition 'Eric Gill: Iconographer' at the Laband Art Gallery, Loyola Marymount University.

The work of Eric Gill. Ashmolean Museum Oxford. Arthur Eric Rowton Gill (22 February 1882 – 17 November 1940) was a British sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement.

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A project for the Typography II course at the School of Fine Arts of Puerto Rico. This poster commemorates Eric Gill who gave us the fonts Perpetua and ... Eric Gill (1882-1940) Commemorative Poster

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Eric Gill advocated the radical idea of 'unjustified' typesetting in his "Essay on Typography," published in 1931. - Follow Design Facts on Twitter: twitter.com/DesignFacts

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