Gill Sans Specimen Book- Mia Gutierrez

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A Sans-serif typeface based on Roman Monumental Captials created for headlines and displays.

Designed by Eric Gill

Eric Gill GRAPHIC ARTIST

TYPE DESIGNER

SCULPTOR

Eric Gill

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istic and m a hu b c e f a b c d e gf hg hi ij jkk l ml mn no opp q q r s t u rstuvw v w x y z x y z dynamic

modern

AA B C D B C D EE FFGGH H I L ML NM IJ KJ K O P Q R N O P Q ST UVW R S T UV XY Z W X Y Z geometric

LIGHT

light LIGHT

Light

O

The “O” is a perfect circle, and the oblique and vertical strokes as well as upstrokes and downstrokes have a consistent thickness.

12pt

The “O” is a perfect circle, and the oblique and vertical strokes as well as upstrokes and downstrokes have a consistent thickness.

14pt

The “O” is a perfect circle, and the oblique and vertical strokes as well as upstrokes and downstrokes have a consistent thickness.

18pt

REGULAR

regular

REGULAR

regular Only “a,” “e” and “g” have thinner strokes at the openings of the small eyes.

12pt

aeg

Only “a,” “e” and “g” have thinner strokes at the openings of the small eyes.

14pt

Only “a,” “e” and “g” have thinner strokes at the openings of the small eyes.

18pt

SEMIBOLD

semibold SEMIBOLD

semibold Gill Sans typeface uses a double storey lowercase “g”. This has a distinctive eyeglass shape, which is easily recognisable.

12pt

Gill Sans typeface uses a double storey lowercase “g”. This has a distinctive eyeglass shape, which is easily recognisable.

14pt

Gill Sans typeface uses a double storey lowercase “g”. This has a distinctive eyeglass shape, which is easily recognisable.

18pt

Gill Sans typeface uses a double storey lowercase “g”. This has a distinctive eyeglass shape, which is easily recognisable.

24pt

g

BOLD

bold

BOLD

Q

bold The tail of the “Q” does not extend into the counter.

12pt

The tail of the “Q” does not extend into the counter.

14pt

The tail of the “Q” does not extend into the counter.

18pt

CONDENSED Bold Condensed UltraBold Condensed “C,” “e” and “f” have vertical stroke ends, creating the effect of the strokes thinning towards the ending.

12pt

“C,” “e” and “f” have vertical stroke ends, creating the effect of the strokes thinning towards the ending.

14pt

“C,” “e” and “f” have vertical stroke ends, creating the effect of the strokes thinning towards the ending.

18pt

“C,” “e” and “f” have vertical stroke ends, creating the effect of the strokes thinning towards the ending.

24pt

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A Brief History of the Typeface Gill Sans...

Gill Sans was created in 1926, but the roots can be traced back to the typeface that Gill’s teacher Edward Johnston designed for London Underground Railway in 1913. Eric Gill was not fully satisfied with Johnston Sans, he wanted to create a typeface that is perfect legible. Noticed by Stanley Morison of Monotype company for its commercial potential, Eric Gill was given the job to design a font that could be the British counterpart to Futura. The font was then released by Monotype in 1928 as Gill Sans.

A twentieth century sans serif that has a simplicity of form which does not reject traditional forms and proportions, and gives the face a humanist feel. 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.

Gills Sans Regular 17pt

“Lettering is a precise art and strictly subject to tradition.

The New Art notion that you can make letters whatever shapes you like, is as foolish as the notion, if anyone has such a notion, that you can make houses any shape you like. You can’t, unless you live all by yourself on a desert island.”

-Eric Gill Gill Sans Light Italic 56pt

Gill Sans Light Gill Sans Light Italic Gill Sans Regular Gill Sans Italic Gill Sans Semi Bold Gill Sans Semi Bold Italic Gill Sans Bold Gill Sans Bold Italic Gill Sans Extra Bold Gill Sans Ultra Bold Gill Sans Condensed Gill Sans Bold Condensed Gill Sans Ultra Bold Condensed