Joanna (typeface)
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Joanna is a serif typeface designed by Eric Gill from 1930 to 1931 that was named for one of his daughters. Gill chose Joanna for setting An Essay on Typography, a book by Gill on his thoughts on typo
A book published by Antonio Blado in 1531, using italics as was normal in the period similarly to Joanna in its first uses: lower-case italics, upper-case upright capitals, relatively moderate slant of the italics. The modern concept of an italic using sloped capitals had not become widespread at this time.
Gill's drawings for the italic
Perpetua (typeface)
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Perpetua is a serif typeface that was designed by the English sculptor and stonemason Eric Gill for the British Monotype Corporation. Perpetua was commissioned at the request of Stanley Morison, an in
A Gill inscription in memorial to Sir Harry Johnston, showing some similarities to Perpetua.
The first specimen of Perpetua in The Fleuron, a magazine on fine printing edited by Morison.
Perpetua in a metal type sample, showing the flourishes on italic 'B', 'D', 'P', 'Q' and 'R'
A 1947 publicity manual advertising Hopton Wood stone, a limestone often used by Eric Gill for his carvings. Perpetua Italic is used for the heading and Baskerville for body text.