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A critical appraisal of Eric Gill's inscriptional designs. Eric Gill was an English sculptor, letter cutter, typeface designer and printmaker. This book is a critical appraisal of the artist's inscriptional designs, paying particular attention to the early developments of his letter forms. The book also includes a list of the people and institutions commemorated in his designs as well as the location of his inscriptions. Find out more about Gill's work on war memorials, heraldry, and the design of seals, medals, coins and stamps. This book is essential reading for anyone interested in lettering or letter design.

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Dr David Peace trained as an architect and had an early passion for lettering. He assisted Evan Gill with his 1964 Inventory of Eric Gill's inscriptional works and then continued on his own for the next 30 years recording further inscriptions as he found them. Dr Peace has been Master of the Art Workers Guild and President of the Guild of Glass Engravers. By profession he was a town planner who specialised in environmental conservation.

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