I just posted this on another design forum, thought you guys on here might get a giggle from this. We were discussing Gill's dubious sexual practices so I made this:
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I just posted this on another design forum, thought you guys on here might get a giggle from this. We were discussing Gill's dubious sexual practices so I made this:
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I spent about 2 minutes on it as a joke but thanks for the crit. I did it in photoshop for speed and it was certainly not a considered piece of design or typography. The date 1921 was just a random date that I knew he was alive, could be construed as a quote I guess.
Maybe I'll develop it into a proper poster and do in letterpress.
Fair enough. Reminds me of when Andy Crewdson decided to print some shirts featuring a Gill quote. Lines & Splines readers were invited to vote for a quote and of course one about the dog got the most votes. At which point Andy stated that he wasn't going to print that quote.
In hindsight maybe that was a turning point for him, moving away from the font world? I guess we'll never know.
Lyric by a contemporary of Gill's:
Experiment
by Cole Porter
Before we leave these portals
to meet our paramortals,
there's just one final massage I would give to you.
We all have learned reliance
on the sacred teachings of science,
so I hope through life you never will become,
in spite of philistines, defiant,
to do what all good scientists do.
Experiment.
Make it your motto day and night.
Experiment.
And it will lead you to the light.
The apple from the top of the tree
is never too high to achieve.
So take an example from me.
Experiment.
Be curious,
though interfering friends may frown.
Get furious,
at each attempt to hold you down.
If this advice you'll only employ,
the future can offer you infinite joy
and merriment.
Experiment,
and you'll see.
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