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hybrid56k · 10-05-2008, 06:54

Can somebody help me I have to design a website for an Artist Called Eric Sans who created the font Gill Sans. The site has to look and feel like the style of the artist but Im at a blank can somebody help me please.

This is what I have done so far. Please Help

Do Gooder · 10-05-2008, 07:41

Eric Sans?

i know you mention dates early on.. but the way the copy reads is like Eric is a contemporary... just the way the para reads on to talk about computers. I would break that up or re-word it.

i would line up all the copy to grid and kern in the caps on the Gill Sans header - bit all over the place as is.

centro · 10-05-2008, 08:20

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Originally Posted by hybrid56k

Can somebody help me I have to design a website for an Artist Called Eric Sans who created the font Gill Sans. The site has to look and feel like the style of the artist but Im at a blank can somebody help me please.

This is what I have done so far. Please Help

You fail to mention his bad habits like incest and beastiality.

steveb · 10-05-2008, 08:32

I like the look of the new site and I think it may well look a little GILLISH, although we can never know for sure. I'm inclined to say it does. But to be sure, you could change the colours to those more associated with the 1910s-1920s, especially as regarding print graphics.

For gawd's sake don't quote wikipedia as you have done. Read Wikipedia by all means, interpret what it says (aka understand it) and then rewrite it in your own words. For example, I might say "Gill was inspired by Johnston's work for the London Underground to create the most legible alphabet yet". Or "Gill found his inspiration in the work of Johnstone, most known for his typeface for the London Underground".

steveb · 10-05-2008, 08:35

Centro - it doesn't matter any more which goat he fucked. He's gone and the goat died too. All we have left is his wonderful typefaces which say ENGLAND better than any other design, apart from Laura Ashley's vomitous wallpapers.

centro · 10-05-2008, 08:41

Billy Childish once fucked a dog

hybrid56k · 10-05-2008, 08:50

Thank you all so far for your comments, here is another idea with more of a grid structure need to work on the colour now though.

Do Gooder · 10-05-2008, 08:58

better. a pic of a goat and it is done

steveb · 10-05-2008, 09:01

It's better. Remember what I said about the text. I don't think the shit about system fonts is relevant to your theme.

hybrid56k · 10-05-2008, 09:12

Thanks for the help. What about this Im trying to play around with the title a bit more using some of gils other fonts

steveb · 10-05-2008, 11:02

Getting there. I'd move the headline TYPEFACES up a bit to give a little more space between it and the lower text, which would also alleviate the problem of the space under the left bar of the T when left-justified with the words GILL SANS.
If you insist on using that copy, you could at least correct it so it reads well-established with a hyphen and London Underground with a space. Change takes to took. You might take the time to correct the original Wikipedia version too, since you owe it one.

Odd how naked the English alphabet looks without ÅÄÖ åäö at the end!

hybrid56k · 11-05-2008, 05:33

Thanks again, is this what you mean

hybrid56k · 11-05-2008, 05:34

Sorry here it is

jamblo · 11-05-2008, 07:09

What steveb meant, with regards to the T and Gills was:

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hybrid56k Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Eric Gills Website Can somebody help me I have to design a website for an Artist Called Eric Sans who created the font Gill Sans. The site has to look and feel like the style of the artist but Im at a blank can somebody help me please. This is what I have done so far. Please Help Attached Thumbnails

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steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 4,024	I like the look of the new site and I think it may well look a little GILLISH, although we can never know for sure. I'm inclined to say it does. But to be sure, you could change the colours to those more associated with the 1910s-1920s, especially as regarding print graphics. For gawd's sake don't quote wikipedia as you have done. Read Wikipedia by all means, interpret what it says (aka understand it) and then rewrite it in your own words. For example, I might say "Gill was inspired by Johnston's work for the London Underground to create the most legible alphabet yet". Or "Gill found his inspiration in the work of Johnstone, most known for his typeface for the London Underground". __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

10-05-2008, 08:35	#5 (permalink)
steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 4,024	Centro - it doesn't matter any more which goat he fucked. He's gone and the goat died too. All we have left is his wonderful typefaces which say ENGLAND better than any other design, apart from Laura Ashley's vomitous wallpapers. __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

10-05-2008, 08:50	#7 (permalink)
hybrid56k Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Thank you all so far for your comments, here is another idea with more of a grid structure need to work on the colour now though. Attached Thumbnails

10-05-2008, 09:01	#9 (permalink)
steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 4,024	It's better. Remember what I said about the text. I don't think the shit about system fonts is relevant to your theme. __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

10-05-2008, 07:41	#2 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4,040	Eric Sans? i know you mention dates early on.. but the way the copy reads is like Eric is a contemporary... just the way the para reads on to talk about computers. I would break that up or re-word it. i would line up all the copy to grid and kern in the caps on the Gill Sans header - bit all over the place as is.

10-05-2008, 08:41	#6 (permalink)
centro ™ Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,608	Billy Childish once fucked a dog

10-05-2008, 08:58	#8 (permalink)
Do Gooder Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4,040	better. a pic of a goat and it is done

10-05-2008, 09:12	#10 (permalink)
hybrid56k Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Thanks for the help. What about this Im trying to play around with the title a bit more using some of gils other fonts Attached Thumbnails

10-05-2008, 11:02	#11 (permalink)
steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 4,024	Getting there. I'd move the headline TYPEFACES up a bit to give a little more space between it and the lower text, which would also alleviate the problem of the space under the left bar of the T when left-justified with the words GILL SANS. If you insist on using that copy, you could at least correct it so it reads well-established with a hyphen and London Underground with a space. Change takes to took. You might take the time to correct the original Wikipedia version too, since you owe it one. Odd how naked the English alphabet looks without ÅÄÖ åäö at the end! __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

11-05-2008, 05:33	#12 (permalink)
hybrid56k Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Thanks again, is this what you mean

11-05-2008, 05:34	#13 (permalink)
hybrid56k Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 5	Sorry here it is Attached Thumbnails

11-05-2008, 07:09	#14 (permalink)
jamblo cuttin' and stickin' Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Bournemouth, currently. Posts: 143	What steveb meant, with regards to the T and Gills was: Attached Thumbnails

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