Eric Gill's well known opinionated book on typography looks at the role type plays in day to day life and the ever changing culture of the times when it was written (1931). Gill talks a lot about craftsmen in an industrial age, arguing that anyone is an artist if the term is meant literally, drawing comparisons from the builder and his tools to the painter and his. Eric Gill was an English sculptor, print maker and typeface designer born 1882, his work in the early 20th century still innovates and inspires graphic designers today. His essay on typography, is an interesting and sometimes funny read, it opened my eyes to the cultural difference and startling similarities which have been in place for years within the world and its view on creatives and the what makes something art and someone an artist.
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