Gill Sans

noun

An easy-to-read style of sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.

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Meanings

nounGill Sans (uncountable)
  1. uncountablemediaAn easy-to-read style of sans-serif typeface designed by Eric Gill.

    All lettering will be of the gill sans type on a background of the regional colour, and all signs will consist of enamelled metal plates of certain standard sizes which will allow ample areas of background and give a high degree of clarity to the lettering.

    1949 July and August, “Notes and News: Standard Station Signs”, in Railway Magazine, page 371

Origin

From Gill + sans serif.

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Gill Sans. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Gill%20Sans

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