Eric Gill, Essay on Typography, published 1931ĭrawing heavily on Johnston’s work, Gill first experimented with his ‘improvements’ in 1926 when he hand-painted lettering for a bookshop sign in his hometown, Bristol. Some of these letters are not entirely satisfactory, especially when it is remembered that, for such a purpose, an alphabet should be as near as possible ‘fool-proof’… as the philosophers would say-nothing should be left to the imagination of the sign-writer or enamel-plate maker. The first notable attempt to work out the norm for plain letters was made by Mr Edward Johnston when he designed the sans-serif letter for the London Underground Railways.
Not completely satisfied with Johnston’s work, Gill set out to create the perfect, legible typeface. Left: Johnston Sans printing blocks now on display at the London Transport Museum, 1913 (Photo: Kaihsu Tai, Wikipedia) Right: London's Underground roundel set in Johnston Sans (often confused as Gill Sans), designed 1919 (Photo: danorbit, Flickr) Creating a ‘fool-proof’ typeface Eric Gill, who had studied under Johnston at London’s Central School of Arts and Crafts, later became a friend and apprentice-and even had a small role assisting in creation of the proprietary typeface. The history of Gill Sans stems from Edward Johnston’s iconic typeface, Johnston Sans, designed for the London Underground in 1913.
Pollard’s struggles also continued, the 34-year-old failing with ten and now has only 57 runs for the season.Called the “ Helvetica of England,” the sixth installment in our ‘Know your type’ series is the humanist sans-serif Gill Sans. On Wednesday, rookie West Indies fast bowler Odean Smith kept Kieron Pollard’s Mumbai Indians winless in five games when he snatched a career-best four for 30 to help his Punjab Kings to a 12-run win at Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune. New Zealand speedster Lockie Ferguson (3-23) and left-arm seamer Yash Dayal (3-40), who bowled the new ball, finished with three wickets apiece. However, with the required run rate climbing, he was caught at long on off new ball seamer Mohammed Shami in the 13th over. Hetmyer entered at number six and promised much, punching two fours and a six in a 26-run sixth wicket stand with Riyan Parag (18). In reply, Buttler gave the innings the required flying start, pummelling eight fours and three sixes but wickets tumbled around him, leaving Royals on 90 for five in the 11th over. With the innings tottering on 15 for two in the third over, Pandya arrived to rescue his side, lashing eight fours and four sixes in putting on 38 for the third wicket with Shubman Gill (13), 86 for the fourth wicket with Manohar and a further 53 in an unbroken fifth wicket stand with South African David Miller, whose unbeaten 31 came from 14 balls and included five fours and a six.
Sent in, Titans were powered to 192 for four off their 20 overs by captain Hardik Pandya who belted an unbeaten 87 from 52 balls and Abhinav Manohar who struck 43 from 28 deliveries.
With the win, Titans took sole possession of the lead on eight points from four wins in five matches, while Royals slipped to third but as one of five teams on six points.
In pursuit of a challenging 193 at DY Patil Sports Academy, Royals got 54 from in-form Englishman Jos Buttler while Hetmyer chimed in with a 17-ball 29, but the remainder of the batting flopped, leaving the innings on 155 for nine off 20 overs. Sign up for The Gleaner’s morning and evening newsletters.