Eric Gill - initial letters for the Golden Cockerel Press, 1929
The Golden Cockerel Press, based initially in Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, was founded in 1920 and soon became one of the foremost private presses in England, producing high quality publications and they are credited with helping the renaissance of illustration such as original wood engraving in books of the day. One of the many artists associated with the Press was Eric Gill who in 1929 to 1931 produced a typeface for the Press itself. This example was printed at the Cambridge University Press, for the Fleuron, and shows the initials that were developed as the typeface that was first used in 1931.
Eric Gill - initial letters for the Golden Cockerel Press, 1929
The Golden Cockerel Press, based initially in Waltham St Lawrence, Berkshire, was founded in 1920 and soon became one of the foremost private presses in England, producing high quality publications and they are credited with helping the renaissance of illustration such as original wood engraving in books of the day. One of the many artists associated with the Press was Eric Gill who in 1929 to 1931 produced a typeface for the Press itself. This example was printed at the Cambridge University Press, for the Fleuron, and shows the initials that were developed as the typeface that was first used in 1931.