• An Essay on Typography

An Essay on Typography

Eric Gill

Eric Gill’s opinionated manifesto on typography argues that ‘a good piece of lettering is as beautiful a thing to see as any sculpture or painted picture’. This essay explores the…

Eric Gill’s opinionated manifesto on typography argues that ‘a good piece of lettering is as beautiful a thing to see as any sculpture or painted picture’. This essay explores the place of typography in culture and is also a moral treatise celebrating the role of craftsmanship in an industrial age. moreGill, a sculptor, engraver, printmaker and creator of many classic typefaces that can be seen around us today, fused art, history and polemic in a visionary work which has been hugely influential on modern graphic design.

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Autor: Eric Gill
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 2013 (1931)
Origin: United Kingdom
Language: English
Pages: 133
Length × Width × Height: 18 × 11,5 × 1 cm

Article Number: 13180
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