Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/10/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]>on 21/10/00 9:27 pm, Brian Reid at reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us wrote: > >> My favorite typeface designer, Eric Gill, is often criticized for >> having lived an immoral life... >[snip] >Gill Sans was my all time favourite font. I used it for six years as a >default. But then I discovered... I still use GS Bold extended a lot. But >then I discovered... > >... Rotis Semi Sans!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >Now THAT is a font. I wonder if it was designed by the same guy who came up >with rotisserie chicken? > >Johnny Deadman johnny, otl aiche designed the rotis family. a founder of the hochschule für gestaltung at ulm in germany, he played no part of in the development of rotisserie chicken. as far as i know, he doesn't even like rotisserie chicken. guy