Psst… check out the new MyFonts beta site.
MyFonts Home
“Need fonts tuned for high on-screen legibility? Type screen!”
 
Cart
HomeFind FontsWhatTheFontCDsSpecialsStarletsMy AccountHelp
<< >>  ^

Eric Gill of United Kingdom

Born: Brighton, 1882
Died: Uxbridge, 1940

An English sculptor, sign painter, type designer, wannabe social reformer, devout Catholic with unusual sexual behaviour. His best known type designs were produced by the Monotype corporation, although he also designed type for private presses. His most widely used type Gill Sans, strongly influenced by the London Transport lettering of his teacher Edward Johnston, was the first successful sans type based on the humanist models of the Renaissance. Other of his designs are the intricate Perpetua and Joanna, named after his daughter.


Fonts by Eric Gill

Aries, Aries, Gill Display Compressed, Gill Display Compressed, Gill Floriated Caps, Gill Floriated Caps MT, Gill Hebrew, Gill Sans, Gill Sans, Gill Sans, Gill Sans, ITC Golden Cockerel, ITC Golden Cockerel, ITC Golden Cockerel Initials & Ornaments, ITC Golden Cockerel Initials & Ornaments, Humanist 521, Humanist 521, Joanna, Joanna MT, Joanna MT, Lapidary 333, Perpetua, Perpetua, Perpetua

Browse all fonts by Eric Gill


Activities

  Type Design
  Lettering in Stone
  Sculpture
  Wood Engraving
  Printing
  Sign Writing
  Art
  Typography
  Writing
  Lettering


Related Links

 • Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco: Eric Gill
 • Linotype Library Designers: Eric Gill
 • Nicholas Fabian: The Master sculptor of letters - Eric Gill
 • Tate Collections: Eric Gill (129 works)
 • U&lc: Eric Gill and The Cockerel Press, by James Mosley
 • University of Notre Dame: Research on Eric Gill by John F Sherman
 • Unos tipos duros: Eric Gill (Spanish)
 • Graphion: Eric Gill (1882-1940)
 • Limited Edition Graphics: Eric Gill
 • Three Sculptures by Eric Gill
 • Westminster Cathedral: Eric Gill's Stations of the Cross
 • Infoplease: Eric Gill



About UsTestimonialsSell Your FontsBecome an AffiliateSite MapSign In

MyFonts   245 First Street   17th Floor   Cambridge MA 02142   USA
MyFonts and MyFonts.com are registered trademarks of Bitstream, Inc.
WhatTheFont and Starlets are trademarks of Bitstream, Inc.
Copyright © 1999–2009 Bitstream, Inc. PRIVACY POLICY

Shady characters should send email to Jonathan Gibbs.