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
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
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