Quote:
Originally Posted by najgori
I never use any of Eric Gill fonts in my work and I really hate that Gill Sans is on Kobo.
|
I wondered if anyone was going to mention Eric Gill.
I've found it fascinating that while everybody is quite well aware of his behavior, Gill Sans is EVERY-bloody-where, particularly in Creative work. The very people that you would most expect to eschew same...and it continues
on and on and on. Something that, unlike books--good or great--would be simplicity itself to give up.
One (small) comment about the royalties and "rewards" for dead authors--
for all you know, by not buying their works, you could be denying royalties or benefits to the very people that were abused, as the abuser himself (or herself) is obviously not around to benefit any longer.
Vis: Lynch and Bear--that's
murky water and I
certainly wouldn't hold my breath on any real decision or...well, anything. The person primarily making the claims appears to have made a similar claim about
another married man, 3 years go. FWIW, and as the complainant is
the age of consent and then some, I'm damned if I can see how that constitutes "abuse" rather than (what certainly seems to be)
exceedingly poor judgment on the part of
all parties. But, as with all things in the Twitterverse, surely, it won't die off any time soon, but will drag on for
eternity.
Hitch