The font-related
questions are without any depth. The question about Gill’s private life is more
like a tabloid story. These are not questions for a serious dissertation. I
think the one who made this up, is trying to make fun. Spam!
I agree that it's pretty meagre stuff, and doesn't seem very well thought out in terms of what responses might reveal, if anything. I don't think that means it is spam, or someone making fun. I declined to fill in the questionnaire because I could think of too many different ways to qualify responses, none of which the questionnaire provided a way to express. It's a very blunt instrument.
As for the question relating specifically to Gill's sexual activities, we know the record of these stated in his diaries and reported in his biography, and if the purpose of the questionnaire is to gather data about how knowledge of those activities influence people's attitude to using Gill's typefaces, the question would be better if it simply stated that record, rather than colouring it with the unattributed opinion 'Eric Gill is likened to a modern-day Jimmy Savile [sic].' If the point of the questionnaire is to interrogate what people think about Gill's actions, don't tell them what to think.
Luckily I have no idea who Jimmy Savile is (and have better things to do than look him up). Anyway I enjoyed ranking Gill Sans above those two dogs (pardon the pun).
Wouldn't a "modern day Jimmy Savile" have to come after Jimmy Savile? Maybe an old timey Jimmy Savile. Or perhaps, like a Jimmy Savile of old. I think I've put twice as much thought into this as bailey97 put into the survey.
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@Rafael Saraiva Seconded.
@George Thomas I'm curious why you marked it as Abuse.
The font-related questions are without any depth. The question about Gill’s private life is more like a tabloid story. These are not questions for a serious dissertation. I think the one who made this up, is trying to make fun. Spam!
As for the question relating specifically to Gill's sexual activities, we know the record of these stated in his diaries and reported in his biography, and if the purpose of the questionnaire is to gather data about how knowledge of those activities influence people's attitude to using Gill's typefaces, the question would be better if it simply stated that record, rather than colouring it with the unattributed opinion 'Eric Gill is likened to a modern-day Jimmy Savile [sic].' If the point of the questionnaire is to interrogate what people think about Gill's actions, don't tell them what to think.
But maybe I'm just cranky because I identified that font as "Century Gothic" before encountering the next questions. Then I went "oh wait a minute..."