Gallery: Gill Sans, One of the Most Popular Typefaces Ever, Is Reborn for the Digital Age

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    Joanna Nova is a revival based on Joanna, another of Eric Gill's admired typefaces.
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    Joanna was originally designed for letterpress, but has been redesigned to accommodate 21st century devices and print practices.
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    The typeface includes a variety of new weights and support for Greek and Cyrillic scripts.
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    Each of the typeface's glyphs have been redrawn based on a variety of reference materials.
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    The revival features 18 new fonts.
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