#type with pride

Gilbert Font

QUEER CITY - Peter Ackroyd

The cover of the hardback edition of Peter Ackroyd’s history of London told through it’s gay culture, referenced historic protest, and information graphics, which we showed in a previous post.

For the Vintage paperback - we wanted to acknowledge that gay heritage and present the history of Queer London in a bright and modern new package.

Gilbert Baker, the creator of the iconic Rainbow Flag, was both an LGBTQ activist and artist. After his death in 2017, NewFest and NYC Pride partnered with Fontself to create a font, named ‘Gilbert’ to honour his memory, inspired by the design language of the iconic Rainbow Flag. The cover of a book celebrating London’s LGBTQ history feels the ideal canvas for such an eyecatching, memorable font.

To find out more about ‘Gilbert’ see Type With Pride.

Type With Pride: The Gilbert Font Project

On 31 March, 2017, Gilbert Baker the creator of the iconic Rainbow Flag sadly passed away. Mr. Baker was both an LGBTQ activist and artist, and was known for helping friends create banners for protests and marches. To honor the memory of Gilbert Baker, NewFest and NYC Pride partnered with Ogilvy & Mather and Fontself to create a free font inspired by the design language of the iconic Rainbow Flag, the font was named 'Gilbert' after Mr. Baker.