Gray Display Typeface
Gray, Alasdair, Ayres, Imogen, Pickstone, Edwin and McGuire, Neil (2021) Gray Display Typeface. [Artefact]
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Creators/Authors: | Gray, Alasdair, Ayres, Imogen, Pickstone, Edwin and McGuire, Neil | ||||
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Abstract: | Gray Display is a typeface based on a distinctive set of capital letters known as Oran Mor Monumental, designed by author and artist Alasdair Gray. Gray commissioned Edwin Pickstone, Imogen Ayres and Neil Mcguire to digitise and adjust his hand lettered capitals into type and to compliment these with lowercase letters, punctuation and numerals in order to create a fully functioning coherent typeface. Gray used the typeface for works such as his late partner Morag McAlpine's headstone as well as prints and other designs. After his death it was used by BBC Scotland in a screencard to commemorate the author's passing and has gone on to be a key component in multiple works associated with the Alasdair Gray Archive such as the Alasdair Gray Stones which form a distinctive part of the Garscube Link Canal regeneration project. The task of interpreting these artists letters into a coherent typeface was greatly aided by wise guidance from consultants Stefan Ellmer and Nicolas Sloan. | ||||
Official URL: | https://mobeltype.com/gray-display.html | ||||
Output Type: | Artefact | ||||
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Typeface, Typography, Alasdair Gray | ||||
Media of Output: | Otf typeface | ||||
Schools and Departments: | School of Design > Communication Design | ||||
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Output ID: | 8051 | ||||
Deposited By: | Edwin Pickstone | ||||
Deposited On: | 11 Apr 2022 13:22 | ||||
Last Modified: | 11 Apr 2022 13:22 |