SPOTTING GILL SANS SPOTTING BEMBO
• Two-story g • Apex of A is flat • f drops below baseline • Descending J g f M • High M vertex AJW • W diagonals cross • p and q have flat tops • Small bowl on a • Animated exclamation point • Calligraphic r flag p q !? and question mark ark • Italic k has closed bowl
ETYMOLOGY ETYMOLOGY
Eric Gill/Monotype Drawing Office Francesco Griffo/Monotype Drawing Office First released in 1928 Released in 1495 by Aldus Manutius Additional designs over the years Revived in 1922 by Monotype
FAMILY FAMILY
Ten weights plus italics and condensed. Small caps and old style Seven weights with corresponding italics. Includes figures for many. Over two dozen fonts. “Schoolbook” and “Titling” versions.
FONT FACTS FONT FACTS
When first shown at a trade conference in 1928, Gill Sans was Three years after Bembo was first used, the basic font was greeted with something less than enthusiasm. In fact, the enhanced by with a suite of capital letters. (Capitals were pulled design was generally panned. One critic even branded the from other fonts prior to the release of these new designs.) design as “typographical Bolshevism” (a term obviously more The original Aldus Bembo also had no italic designs, so the damning in 1928 than today). Monotype design staff created a new italic based on the works of Giovanni Tagliente, a 16th century writing master.
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Forget If I were injuries, two-faced, never would I be forget wearing kindness. this one? Confucius Abraham Lincoln Chinese philosopher 16th president of the US (551 –479BC) (1809 – 1865)
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