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Shipley

Shipley

by E-phemera
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Complete family of 4 fonts: $18.00
Shipley Font Family was designed by Andrew Leman and published by E-phemera. Shipley contains 6 styles and family package options.

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Shipley Rough

4 fonts

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  • Shipley Rough Shipley Rough

  • Shipley Rough Italic Shipley Rough Italic

  • Shipley Rough Italic Alt Shipley Rough Italic Alt

  • Shipley Rough SC Shipley Rough SC

Per style:

$4.50

Pack of 4 styles:

$18.00

  • Shipley Shipley

  • Shipley Italic Shipley Italic

Per style:

$7.50

Pack of 2 styles:

$15.00

About Shipley Font Family


Shipley is based on Kennerley, which is regarded by some as Goudy's most beautiful type, but which seems to have suffered from desuetude in recent decades. This version is based on vintage printed samples, primarily a leaflet from the mid-1920s published by the now-defunct Science League of America, which features a passionate defense of evolutionary theory signed by Science League president Maynard Shipley. There is a clean, crisp regular and italic, plus four different "rough" versions with irregular outlines to replicate the feel of worn metal type

Designers: Andrew Leman

Publisher: E-phemera

Foundry: E-phemera

Design Owner: E-phemera

MyFonts debut: May 28, 2004

Shipley

About E-phemera

E-phemera fonts are meant to revive type from years gone by in a way which captures the feeling of pre-digital printing technology. Most of the fonts in the collection were first developed for private use in designing vintage prop documents for movies and television shows. E-phemera fonts are inspired by old printed and hand-lettered material, and are usually designed a little rough and a little irregular, in deliberate defiance of the crisp perfection and merciless uniformity of modern digital fonts. Multiple letterforms and ligatures are provided, when possible and practical. We here at E-phemera fonts love computers and wouldn't do without them, but we also wish to remember and celebrate the days when every letter was an individual piece of metal or wood, and not just a collection of BCP data. Print is dead. Long live print!

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