This software is a valuable asset of Monotype. You have obtained this font software either directly from Monotype or together with software distributed by one of the licensees of Monotype. License: This font software is the property of Monotype Imaging Inc., or one of its affiliated entities (collectively, Monotype) and its use by you is covered under the terms of a license agreement.Gill Sans Nova features and extensive, harmonized character set and a variety of wonderful useful OpenType typographic features. The Gill Sans Nova family is an extensive update that rationalizes some of the idiosyncratic features from mechanized typesetting systems and fills in the gaps in the series to satisfy todayÕs demands designer needs for use on screen and in print. Gill«s alphabet is a humanist sans serif classical in proportion and contains what have become known as his signature flared capital R and eyeglass lowercase g. ![]() The roots of Gill Sans can be traced to the typeface that Gill's teacher, Edward Johnston, designed for the signage of the London Underground Railway in 1918. Shord description: The successful Gill Sans¨ typeface was designed by the English artist and type designer Eric Gill and originally issued by Monotype in 1928 to 1930.Trademark: Gill Sans is a trademark of The Monotype Corporation registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.The series also brings to life new elements inspired by some of Gill's unreleased work, discovered in Monotype's archive of original typeface drawings and materials of the last century. The Joanna Sans Nova typeface family is part of the new Eric Gill series, drawing on Monotype's heritage to remaster and expand and revitalize Eric Gill's body of work, with more weights, more characters and more languages to meet a wide range of design requirements. I took a cursive direction for the italic details, which are wider and slanted more, both improving character legibility." ![]() I wanted to have an italic that stood out, but in a different way. "It's very condensed, and hasa very shallow angle. "The original Joanna had a very distinct italic, Weinzierl continues. I went through six or seven different italic designs before landing on the current direction." I wanted to make something with Gill flavor, but with more harmony in the extreme weights than Gill Sans - and with my twist on it. "I've always been a fan of Gill's work, explains Weinzierl, and found the simple, humanist qualities of Joanna really fitting for a sans serif design. ![]() ![]() With over 1000 glyphs per font, Joanna Sans supports more than 50 languages - including is equipped Greek, and Cyrillic. Joanna Sans features a robust range of OpenType features for fine typography, including small caps, old style figures, proportional figures, ligatures, superscript and subscript figures and support for fractions. In addition, the calligraphic and fluid details enable the roman and italic designs to shine in headlines and other display uses. Its low contrast in character stroke weights also improves imaging in a variety of environments. Due to its inherent humanist proportions, Joanna Sans Nova is surprisingly comfortable for longer form reading. Joanna Sans Nova has a larger x-height than the original design to ensure high levels of legibility - even on small digital screens. The design comprises 16 fonts, from thin to black, each with a complementary italic. Created by Monotype Studio designer Terrance Weinzierl over a three-year period with digital applications at the forefront of the design criteria, Joanna Sans Nova is a humanist sans serif based primarily on Gill's original Joanna. The Joanna® Sans Nova family is the only typeface in the Eric Gill Series that was not initially designed by Gill.
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