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      • Gill sans morals

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      AND: The Nativity (Eric Gill, 1931, wood engraving)

      A great typographer and a terrible man. We excuse bestiality and incest because we are all guilty of using his font.

      • Charlie Wildgoose
        "A great typographer and a terrible man." ~ I tend to agree with you though I don't know that we excuse his bestiality and incest by admiring his work. It may make me uneasy though especially as Gill Sans is probably my favourite font.

        I wonder whether he would have been so 'great' if he hadn't done what he did ...
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