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Perpetua is a serif typeface that was designed by English sculptor and stonemason Eric Gill for the British Monotype Corporation. Perpetua was commissioned at the request of Stanley Morison, an influential historian of printing and adviser to Monotype around 1925, at a time when Gill's reputation as a leading artist-craftsman was high. Perpetua was intended as a crisp, contemporary design not following any specific historic model, with a structure influenced by Gill's experience of carving lettering for monuments and memorials. Perpetua is commonly used for covers and headings and also sometimes for body text; it has been particularly popular in fine book printing. Perpetua was released with characters for the Greek alphabet and a matching set of titling capitals for headings.

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  • Perpetua és una font tipogràfica serif dissenyada per l'escultor i picapedrer anglès Eric Gill per a la Monotype Corporation. Perpetua va ser encarregada a petició de Stanley Morison, un influent historiador de la impressió i assessor de Monotype al voltant de 1925. El 1926, Morison va encarregar al gravador de punxons tipogràfics Charles Malin, gravar a mà els caràcters tipogràfics de metall. Fou la primera font encarregada per Stanley Morison per a Monotype original, que no es basava en antecedents històrics. La família Perpetua va ser alliberada com a tipografia de Monotype el 1932. (ca)
  • Perpetua est une police d'écriture avec empattements dessinée par Eric Gill à la suite d'une commande de Stanley Morison autour de 1925. Gill s'est inspiré de son travail de marbrier : il taillait des textes dans la pierre pour des monuments. Perpetua est génétalement utilisée pour le titrage, mais est également populaire dans l'impression de luxe. (fr)
  • Perpetua is a serif typeface that was designed by English sculptor and stonemason Eric Gill for the British Monotype Corporation. Perpetua was commissioned at the request of Stanley Morison, an influential historian of printing and adviser to Monotype around 1925, at a time when Gill's reputation as a leading artist-craftsman was high. Perpetua was intended as a crisp, contemporary design not following any specific historic model, with a structure influenced by Gill's experience of carving lettering for monuments and memorials. Perpetua is commonly used for covers and headings and also sometimes for body text; it has been particularly popular in fine book printing. Perpetua was released with characters for the Greek alphabet and a matching set of titling capitals for headings. Perpetua is named for the Christian martyr Vibia Perpetua, an account of whose life was used in one of its first showings; its companion italic is named "Felicity" for her companion of that name. The choice had appeal to Morison and Gill, both converts to Catholicism. (en)
  • Perpetua is een beroemd lettertype met schreef, ontworpen door Eric Gill en uitgegeven in 1929 door Monotype Corporation. (nl)
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  • Monotype Perpetua (en)
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  • Perpetua Titling (en)
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  • Perpetua és una font tipogràfica serif dissenyada per l'escultor i picapedrer anglès Eric Gill per a la Monotype Corporation. Perpetua va ser encarregada a petició de Stanley Morison, un influent historiador de la impressió i assessor de Monotype al voltant de 1925. El 1926, Morison va encarregar al gravador de punxons tipogràfics Charles Malin, gravar a mà els caràcters tipogràfics de metall. Fou la primera font encarregada per Stanley Morison per a Monotype original, que no es basava en antecedents històrics. La família Perpetua va ser alliberada com a tipografia de Monotype el 1932. (ca)
  • Perpetua est une police d'écriture avec empattements dessinée par Eric Gill à la suite d'une commande de Stanley Morison autour de 1925. Gill s'est inspiré de son travail de marbrier : il taillait des textes dans la pierre pour des monuments. Perpetua est génétalement utilisée pour le titrage, mais est également populaire dans l'impression de luxe. (fr)
  • Perpetua is een beroemd lettertype met schreef, ontworpen door Eric Gill en uitgegeven in 1929 door Monotype Corporation. (nl)
  • Perpetua is a serif typeface that was designed by English sculptor and stonemason Eric Gill for the British Monotype Corporation. Perpetua was commissioned at the request of Stanley Morison, an influential historian of printing and adviser to Monotype around 1925, at a time when Gill's reputation as a leading artist-craftsman was high. Perpetua was intended as a crisp, contemporary design not following any specific historic model, with a structure influenced by Gill's experience of carving lettering for monuments and memorials. Perpetua is commonly used for covers and headings and also sometimes for body text; it has been particularly popular in fine book printing. Perpetua was released with characters for the Greek alphabet and a matching set of titling capitals for headings. (en)
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  • Perpetua (ca)
  • Perpetua (fr)
  • Perpetua (nl)
  • Perpetua (typeface) (en)
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