Nice interview with Eric Gill

[Si_Daniels]

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http://www.myfonts.com/newsletters/cc/20090401.html

Sadly no discussion of future projects :-( a missed opportunity.

[SuperUltraFabulous]

They forgot his sex life too.

[Ricardo Cordoba]

They forgot his sex life too.

'Cause that has everything to do with making typefaces, right? ;-)

[k.l.]

Well, if you are interested in that, I recommend Mr Holland's documentary Looking for Mr Gill which features elderly ladies talking about exactly that.

[Nick Shinn]

They forgot his sex life too.

Not entirely Mike, you missed the calligraphic hard-on: "... the first time I saw him [Edward Johnston] writing, and saw the writing that came as he wrote, I had that thrill and tremble of the heart which otherwise I can only remember having had when first I touched her body..."

[eliason]

They forgot his sex life too

Yeah, that's been disappointingly missing from the entire "Creative Characters" series!