Curlz
Display typeface
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| Category | Display |
|---|---|
| Designer(s) | Carl Crossgrove and Steve Matteson |
| Foundry | Monotype Corporation |
| Date created | 1995 |
| Date released | 1995 |
| Characters | 239 |
| Glyphs | 246 |
| License | OFL |
Curlz MT is an OTF display typeface designed by Carl Crossgrove and Steve Matteson in 1995 for Agfa Monotype. It is distinct from other popular typefaces, characterized by its wavy strokes and swirls at the beginning or end of letters.[1] Similar to Comic Sans and Papyrus, the font has garnered criticism from graphic designers for being used excessively in inappropriate ways. Curlz was designed as a casual, decorative typeface.
TTF version
A TrueType version of Curlz shipped as part of the original Microsoft Project font set, and with Microsoft Office for Macintosh.
Notes
One of the designers, Steve Matteson, has said that Curlz was not their proudest moment as a font designer.[2]
See also
- Samples of display typefaces
- Monotype
References
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Monotype typefaces
- Modern
- Old Style (1900)
- French Round Face (1906)
- Scotch Roman (1907 and 1920)
- Goudy Light (1908)
- Veronese (1911) and Italian Old Style (1919)
- Forum Title (1911)
- Imprint (1912)
- Plantin (1913)
- Caslon Old Face (1915)
- Garamont (1921)
- Bodoni (1921)
- Garamond (1922)
- Baskerville (1923)
- Poliphilus and Blado (1923)
- Italian Old Style (Goudy, 1924/7)
- Fournier (1925)
- Goudy Heavy (1925)
- Engravers
- Horley Old Style
- Grotesque 215 (1926)
- Barbou (1926, private use)
- Bernard MT
- Gallia
- Othello (1928)
- Lutetia
- Perpetua (1928)
- Pastonchi (1928)
- Gill Sans (1928 onwards)
- Centaur with Arrighi (1929)
- Bembo (1929)
- Deepdene (1929)
- Goudy Sans (1929)
- Solus (c. 1929)
- Lutetia (1930)
- Ashley Crawford (1930)
- Braggadocio (1930)
- Bell (1931)
- Leysbourne
- Placard
- Kino
- Script
- Falstaff
- Inflex
- Littleworth
- Times New Roman (1932)
- Zarotto/Mardersteig (1932)
- Monoline Script
- Walbaum (1933)
- Jocunda (1933)
- Rockwell (1934)
- Colmcille
- Runic
- Menhart
- Felix Titling (1934)
- Tempest Titling
- Van Dijck (1935)
- Fontana (for Collins) (1935)
- Grock (1935)
- Gwendolin (for the Greynog Press) (1935)
- Emerson (1936)
- Gill Kayo
- Romulus (1936)
- Albertus (1935-9)
- Bulmer (for R & R Clark) (1937)
- Joanna (for J.M. Dent) (1937)
- Twentieth Century
- Ehrhardt (1937)
- Van Dijck (1937)
- Pegasus (1937)
- Matura (1938)
- Sachsenwald
- Haarlemmer
- Palace and Dorchester Script (1938)
- Figaro (1940)
- Condensa (1951)
- Festival Titling (1951)
- Spectrum (1955)
- Angelus
- Klang (1955)
- Ashley Script (1956)
- Swing
- Headline Bold
- Castellar (1957)
- Mercurius (1957)
- Dante (1957)
- Joanna (general release) (1958)
- Pepita (1959)
- New Clarendon (1960)
- Univers (1961)
- Octavian (1961)
- Fontana (public release) (1961)
- Forte
- Apollo (1962)
- Traveller
- Albertina (1964)
- Cartier
- New Berolina
- Sabon (1967)
- Fleet Titling (1967)
- Barbou (general release)
- Photina (1972)
- News Plantin (1979)
- Calvert (1979)
- Ellington (1990)
- Amasis
- Century Gothic
- Book Antiqua
- Curlz
- Carré Noir
- Columbus (1992)
- Strayhorn (1995)
- Cachet
- Gill Facia
- Neo Sans
- Slate
- Classic Grotesque (2012/2016)
- SST (2013)
- Joanna Sans (2015)
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