Born in 1882, Eric Gill was an artist, letter carver, polemicist, and social reformer. In 1925, he had started drawing alphabets and printing books, and in 1931, this plainspoken little book was a fustian and forceful argument for common sense in design, composed for anyone remotely interested in the subtle and evolving challenge of the typographic arts. Set rag right, with tight word spacing, it is a model of composition.
The text, like most of Gill's, is exasperating, exorbitant, and exciting. But Gill was, above all, a craftsman, whose work always reflected his philosophy and whose hand always followed his moral convictions.
| ISBN: | 9780879239503 |
| Publication date: | 11th October 2007 |
| Author: | Eric Gill |
| Publisher: | David R. Godine, Publisher |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 133 pages |
| Genres: |
History of art |
Born in 1882, Eric Gill was an artist, letter carver, polemicist, and social reformer. In 1925, he had started drawing alphabets and printing books, and in 1931, this plainspoken little book was a fustian and forceful argument for common sense in design, composed for anyone remotely interested in the subtle and evolving challenge of the typographic arts.
An Essay on Typography features in the following genres: History of art
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An Essay on Typography was written by Eric Gill and published by David R. Godine, Publisher
An Essay on Typography has 133 pages