An Essay on Typography

{{Short description|Book by Eric Gill}}

{{Infobox book

| name = An Essay on Typography, etc.

| author = Eric Gill

| language = English

| country = United Kingdom

| published = 1931 (Sheed & Ward)

| exclude_cover = yes

| pages = 120

}}

An Essay on Typography is a 1931 book by Eric Gill about the history of typographical art and production. It has been considered a classic since its first publication. The influential graphic designer Paul Rand called it 'timeless and absorbing' in a review for The New York Times.{{Cite news|last=Rand|first=Paul|date=1989-09-10|title=The Case for the Ampersand|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/09/10/books/the-case-for-the-ampersand.html|access-date=2020-05-10|issn=0362-4331}}

The first edition of the book was typeset by Gill himself in his own Joanna typeface, which made use of typographical features similar to those seen on handwritten manuscripts.{{Cite web|url = http://www.eyemagazine.com/feature/article/visions-of-joanna|title = Visions of Joanna|date = Winter 2006|accessdate = 8 March 2015|website = Eye Magazine|publisher = |last = Thomson|first = Mark}}