COLLECTION NAME:
RIT CARY GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION
Record
Filename:
cc_108321_monotype
Identifier:
cc_108321_monotype
Title:
Eric Gill's Sans-serif
Creator:
Monotype Corporation, issuing body
Subject:
Type and type-founding - 20th century - Specimens
Subject:
Typefaces (Type evidence) - Sans Serif
Summary:
Type specimen designed by the English artist and type designer Eric Gill and issued by Monotype in 1928 to 1930. The roots of the font can be traced to the typeface that Gill's teacher, Edward Johnston, designed for the signage of the London Underground Railway in 1918. -- Linotype.com: https://www.linotyp…
Publisher:
Lanston Monotype Corporation, Ltd.
Digital Publisher:
Rochester Institute of Technology - RIT Libraries - Cary Graphic Arts Collection
Contributor:
Gill, Eric, 1882-1940, type designer
Date of Original:
1928
Date of Digitization:
2020
Broad Type:
still image
Specific Type:
type specimens
Digital File Format:
jpeg
Physical Format:
broadside
Dimensions of Original:
52 x 66 cm
Language:
English
Original Item Location:
108321
Digital Project:
2020_0036_typespecimens
Place:
London
Rights:
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