Brush Script
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| Category | Casual script |
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| Designer(s) | Robert E. Smith |
| Foundry | American Type Founders |
Brush Script is a casual connecting script typeface designed in 1942 by Robert E. Smith for the American Type Founders (ATF). The face exhibits an exuberant graphic stroke emulating the look of handwritten written letters with an ink brush. Lowercase letters are deliberately irregular to further effect the look of handwritten text. The typeface was introduced in 1942 and saw near immediate success with advertisers, retailers, and in posters. Its popularity continued through the 1950s, and waned as influence of the International Typographic Style grew in the 1960s. The typeface has regained considerable popularity for its nostalgic association with the post WW2 era.
Along with Dom Casual and Mistral, it is one of the best-known casual script typefaces.
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[edit] Notable
- It was the font used for the logo of the Australian soap opera Neighbours from its inception in 1985 until a highly publicised revamp in 2007 when it was replaced with a plain block sans serif logo.
- It was also the font used for the logo of the Japanese media franchise Starship Girl Yamamoto Yohko, and many CD releases from the franchise also used the font.
- It was the font used in the logo of the "Mid Night Club" group, a notorious street racing gang well known for their Top Speed runs on Wangan Bayshore Route in Japan, from the mid-1980s, to the late 1990s.
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[edit] References
Jaspert, W. Pincus, W. Turner Berry and A.F. Johnson. The Encyclopedia of Type Faces. Blandford Press Ltd.: 1953, 1983. ISBN 0-7137-1347-X.
