Fonts In UseGill Kayo joins Club đź’Ż
Initially dubbed “Sans Double Elefans” and later known as Gill Sans Ultra Bold, the heavyweight extension from 1936 wasn’t always loved: its designer* disowned it, thinking of it as an “absurd misconception”, and British typographer Robert Harling characterized it as “the most horrendous and blackguardly of these display exploitations”.
Gill Kayo (as in K.O. 🥊) found its fans when extremer styles became fashionable in the 1970s. In fact, 35 out of the 100 Uses now documented on Fonts In Use date from that decade. See ’em all:
https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/7273/gill-kayo
*) A horrendous and blackguardly character himself, ICYDK: https://www.thefrontispiece.com/blog/2018/1/16/when-is-times-up-coming-for-eric-gill
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