The shapes of letters do not derive their beauty from any sensual or sentimental reminiscences. No one can … - Eric Gill

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Eric Gill

The shapes of letters do not derive their beauty from any sensual or sentimental reminiscences. No one can say that the O’s roundness appeals to us only because it is like that of an apple or of a girl’s breast or of the full moon. Letters are things, not pictures of things.

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