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\'.
Gill, 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 o.
This Essay explores the place of Typography in culture and is also a moral treatise celebrating the role of craftsmanship in an industrial age.
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\'