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Gill Sans

Gill Sans noun: an easy-to-read style of sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.

Noun

Gill Sans (uncountable)

  1. An easy-to-read style of sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.
    • All lettering will be of the gill sans type on a background of the regional colour, and all signs will consist of enamelled metal plates of certain standard sizes which will allow ample areas of background and give a high degree of clarity to the lettering.1949 July and August, “Notes and News: Standard Station Signs”, in Railway Magazine, page 371

Origin of Gill Sans

From Gill + sans serif.

Questions about Gill Sans

What does Gill Sans mean?
Gill Sans means an easy-to-read style of sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.
What part of speech is Gill Sans?
Gill Sans is a noun.

Words near Gill Sans in the dictionary

  1. gill covers
  2. gill net
  3. gill nets
  4. gill raker
  5. gill rakers
  6. Gill Sans
  7. gill slit
  8. gill slits
  9. gill trama
  10. gill tramas
  11. Gill's Green

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