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Nationality
  
American

Name
  
William Gillies


Role
  
Artist

Died
  
2000

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Born
  
1911
San Francisco

Known for
  
Typography, Illustration, Graphic design

William S. Gillies (b. 1911, San Francisco – d. 2000) was an American artist, letterer and type designer working in New York City.

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Gillies is best remembered as an illustrator for the covers of several books including the Ken Holt Mysteries, Nancy Drew Mysteries, and The Hardy Boys Mysteries. He also drew for Collier's Weekly magazine and Saturday Home magazine. He was also a gifted painter of portraits.

Typefaces

  • Gillies Gothic series (also called Flott)
  • Gillies Light (1935, Bauer Type Foundry)
  • Gillies Bold (1935, Bauer Type Foundry)
  • Gillies Medium and Gillies Hairline were designed but never cut.
  • Digitized versions of Gillies Gothic have been made by ITC, MyFonts and several other digital foundries.

    • References

    William S. Gillies Wikipedia
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