How long does it take to read The Instrument?
an essay on typography
Eric Gill, Boris Donné, Patricia Menay
The Instrument by Eric Gill, Boris Donné, Patricia Menay takes about 2 hours 26 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 2 hours 26 minutes
An evening's read
First published 1931. 133 pages, about 36,575 words.
5 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 4 hours 4 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 2 hours 26 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 1 hour 31 minutes |
The page count is the median across 23 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Printing, Books, Book design, Lettering, Type and type-founding, Social aspects of Printing
