Gill Sans

I really like this, You can see the double decker bus, but its hiding in the word London.

LONDON LoNDoN poster designed by Quentin Newark – Atelier Works. The poster can be bought at Blanka. via grafikcache

Gill Sans is a "humanist" sans serif because it is not purely geometric; it echoes human act of writing.

I've blogged this one before. It actually was one of my first posts. But I thought I'd do a reblog. The first time I was in London - at the age of 16 - fell in love with the London Underground; the trains, stations, the roundel, the way signing, the typography and the font by Edward Johnston. But my special interest goes out to the London Undergrond map, the schematic diagram of lines. Information design at its best. The map I have is from 1978 and if you're a little familiar with the map…

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Gill Sans font poster - Google Search

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With the London Underground in its sesquicentennial (150th) year, we’ve already seen celebratory and commemorative design gestures including stamps and coins.

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gnossienne: “ Original drawing for the London Underground, by Edward Johnston ”