But the typeface was based closely on the previous BBC logo, which used Gill Sans, a humanist font designed by Eric Gill and ...

There are plenty of other stories to be told about the typefaces we encounter in everyday life, including Gill Sans, the one Reith replaced as the public-facing written word of the BBC.

Download on Adobe Fonts If you’re not a font enthusiast, you might not have heard of Gill Sans Nova. If you are a font ...

The 132-year-old company commissioned many of history's most recognizable fonts, including Gill Sans, Arial, and Times New Roman. Now it's in the hands of a private equity firm. Six Fonts That ...

On Thursday the BBC Sport website revealed the broadcaster's new typeface called Reith, named after the corporation's first director general. Eventually it will replace the use of Gill Sans ...

During this time, some of the most famous and popular sans serif fonts were created, as signage and advertising demanded functional fonts that stood out among the crowd. In Eric Gill’s Essay on ...

The font was one of the typefaces preloaded onto Windows 95—where it stuck out like a sore thumb alongside more stately ...

But redemption is on the horizon. To this day, if you Google “Comic Sans,” the results will be displayed in Comic Sans. But ...

But never use more than two or three fonts, says Jonas. She suggests using sans serif fonts like Helvetica or Gill Sans for the body and a serif for the titles. (Other designers prefer serif fonts for ...

He was also the designer of Gill Sans, a widely used British typeface. Gill died in 1940, but in 1989 a biography was published detailing diary entries in which he described sex abuse committed ...

Burkhart Photoshopped a logo: yellow and white on a blue background, all in Gill Sans, a font Burkhart says she “chose entirely” in reference to the opposition. The campaign had money for ...

Although classed as a sans-serif typeface its form is geometric, in contrast to previous sign painting and condensed lettering models in this category. First used for the New Frankfurt housing ...