Eric Gill
 Eric Gill (1882–1940) was active in many different fields, from wood engraving to sculpture, yet he always proclaimed his love for one of his earliest skills, letter-cutting in stone, which he continued to practice throughout his life. Gill turned to type designing in the 1920s when the Monotype Corporation commissioned him to draw the Perpetua® typeface, a design based on his stone-cut letters.
The Gill Sans® design, Gill’s most widely-used typeface, was released by Monotype in 1928 as a set of capitals, to which lowercase letters were added the following year. During the 1930s, Gill designed many different variations of weight and width for the Gill Sans family, from light to bold condensed.
One of the reasons for the enduring success of the Gill Sans design is that it’s based on roman character shapes and proportions and is unlike any other sans serif typeface. There is a warmth and humanity in the face that is found in few sans serif designs. Each weight also retains a distinct character of its own. While they have different personalities, all fonts in the Gill Sans family work in harmony. Whether on a single page or in long document, the design quietly unifies any graphic content.
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