The Typeface

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Gill Sans, designed by Eric Gill in the 1920s, is the ultimate legible sans-serif typeface. It was designed to function equally well as a text face and for display. The typeface takes inspiration from Edward Johnstons Johnston typeface for London Underground, which Gill had worked on as an apprentice. Gill Sans rose to popularity after London and North Eastern Railway adopted it for everything from locamotive nameplates and time tables to publicity materials. Many brands use Gills Sans, including the BBC, Tommy Hilfiger, and Saab.
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GILL SANS
the ultimate legible san-serif typeface
The Designer
Arthur Eric Rowton Gill was a British sculptor, typeface designer, stonecutter and printmaker, who was associated with the Arts and Crafts movement. He is a controversial figure, with his wellknown religious views and subject matter being seen as at odds with his sexual and paraphiliac behaviour and erotic art. Gill was named Royal Designer for Industry, the highest British award for designers, by the Royal Society of Arts. He also became a founder-member of the newly established Faculty of The Royal Designers for Industry.
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family

san-serif
weight
graph

san-serif typeface

alphabet

print

ultimate

BBC Readable

style

edit

MOVIE POSTERS
Carolingian

thrive

Foundry

dimension

cultural sensibility

less mechanical

manuscript

HELVETICA

numeral

METRICS

UPPERCASE model

italic

two-story g

British Railways

posters

restored

descender

trains

typography

TOMMY HILFIGER

letter

broadcasting

marketing

ascender

British Transport Commission

variant

Gobierno de Espaa

language

LOGOS

Spanish Government
related
superscript

regular

glyphs

FUNCTION identity

variant

anatomy

STROKES

legibility

Baskerville

Edward Gill

branding

ROMAN

Penguin Books
chart

advertising

1926

MONOTYPE CORP.

fascia

England

Roman Tradition

PROMINENT

EDWARD TUFTE

nameplate typeface

light italic heritage

unique typeface

authentic

middle strokes

signage variety san-serif locomotives

contemporary history

type

LEGIBLE.
SIGNAGE
history

design

light

Church of England

gill sans
height

Monotype

capitals INSPIRED
media output

typography

scannable

TIMETABLES

London and North Eastern Railroad

lowercase
stems

menus

COLUMN OF TRAJANproportional
Bristol, England

two-story a

font family

SAAB
horizontal

subtle

bold italic

monumental Roman capitals oblique terminus

humanist
drawing publicity

Edward Johnston
width

text

bold

best-selling