Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!camex!circus!amy From: amy@circus.camex.com (Amy Lindsay) Newsgroups: comp.fonts Subject: Re: Gill Sans (was Re: ATM 1.1) Summary: ...more than you wanted to know... Message-ID: <1882@camex.COM> Date: 27 Mar 91 15:33:46 GMT References: <73552092@bfmny0.BFM.COM> Sender: news@Camex.COM Reply-To: amy@circus.UUCP (Amy Lindsay) Organization: Camex Inc., Boston, MA Lines: 16 Gill Sans (Monotype 1928-30.) Designed by Eric Gill. It owes something to the letters designed by Edward Johnston for the Underground Railways in 1918. In some ways it is closer in design to the original sans serifs than the modern German versions. There is a more uniform width of the capitals and th only points are at the feet of the V and W. The final stroke of the G is shorter than in the German versions. The M is square and the middle strokes descent half-way. In the lower case the a, g, and t follow the normal roman designs, but there are alternative sorts. From "Encyclopedia of Type Faces" by Jaspert, Berry & Johnson, published by Blanford Press, in the UK. (posted without permission, typos are mine.) A.G.Lindsay Internet: amy@camex.com (otherwise, use your best guess.) Typography & Design Department ~ Camex, Inc. ~ Boston, MA (617-426-3577) "Slip...Landing technique to compensate for crosswinds in which pilot crosses controls to dramatically reduce lift (see falling rocks.)"