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Boston 1851

Boston 1851

by Proportional Lime
Individual Styles from $8.99 USD
Complete family of 13 fonts: $79.99 USD
Boston 1851 Font Family was designed by Shane Brandes and published by Proportional Lime. Boston 1851 contains 1 styles and family package options.

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Boston 1851 Family

13 fonts

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  • Boston 1851 Light Boston 1851 Light

  • Boston 1851 Italic Light Boston 1851 Italic Light

  • Boston 1851 Boston 1851

  • Boston 1851 Italic Boston 1851 Italic

  • Boston 1851 Bold Boston 1851 Bold

  • Boston 1851 Italic Bold Boston 1851 Italic Bold

  • Boston 1851 Condensed Boston 1851 Condensed

  • Boston 1851 Italic Condensed Boston 1851 Italic Condensed

  • Boston 1851 Expanded Boston 1851 Expanded

  • Boston 1851 Italic Expanded Boston 1851 Italic Expanded

  • Boston 1851 Extra Extended Boston 1851 Extra Extended

  • Boston 1851 Italic Extra Expanded Boston 1851 Italic Extra Expanded

  • Boston 1851 Small Caps Boston 1851 Small Caps

Per Style:

$6.15 USD

Pack of 13 styles:

$79.99 USD

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  • Boston 1851 Boston 1851

  • Boston 1851 Italic Boston 1851 Italic

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

  • Boston 1851 Light Boston 1851 Light

  • Boston 1851 Italic Light Boston 1851 Italic Light

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

  • Boston 1851 Light Boston 1851 Light

  • Boston 1851 Italic Light Boston 1851 Italic Light

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

  • Boston 1851 Extra Extended Boston 1851 Extra Extended

  • Boston 1851 Italic Extra Expanded Boston 1851 Italic Extra Expanded

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

  • Boston 1851 Expanded Boston 1851 Expanded

  • Boston 1851 Italic Expanded Boston 1851 Italic Expanded

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

  • Boston 1851 Condensed Boston 1851 Condensed

  • Boston 1851 Italic Condensed Boston 1851 Italic Condensed

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

  • Boston 1851 Bold Boston 1851 Bold

  • Boston 1851 Italic Bold Boston 1851 Italic Bold

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

About Boston 1851 Font Family


Boston 1851 is based on a stereotype used by Wier and White, Printers of Boston, that was created by the New England Stereoype Foundry under the auspices of Hobart and Robbins, also of Boston. This particular font has a nice strength combined with a fullness that lends to good legibility especially in smaller sizes. The italic version has a wonderful movement to it and also is extremely legible in fine print, perhaps, therefore not the best choice for fine print you do not want read.

Designers: Shane Brandes

Publisher: Proportional Lime

Foundry: Proportional Lime

Design Owner: Proportional Lime

MyFonts debut: Oct 27, 2010

Boston 1851

About Proportional Lime

Proportional Lime Type Foundry is a second floor operation that is overrun with a bird, cats, and unpleasant levels of heat, some of which is generated by the obsolescent machinery, and the rest enforced by the laws of thermodynamics. The bird owns the cats. And the cats own the humans. However, even considering the aggressive nature of the bird's endless commentary, and the cat's intermittent proofreading sessions, work is still routinely accomplished, and the goal of creating historically influenced typefaces achieved. We at PLTF desire to create typefaces that accurately recreate the feel of the old printing technologies for use in the modern world and also to explore novel designs.

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