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Meatball

Meatball

by Parkinson
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Meatball Font Family was designed by Jim Parkinson and published by Parkinson. Meatball contains 1 styles.

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    About Meatball Font Family


    Meatball is a fat and happy display font based on some lettering on a mid-20th century poster for the movie Bringing Up Baby. The lettering for the names of the stars, AudryHepburn, Cary Grant and Charles Ruggles, was the basis for Meatball. The sample was all caps and as it evolved, a lower case started to appear, etc.

    Designers: Jim Parkinson

    Publisher: Parkinson

    Foundry: Parkinson

    Design Owner: Parkinson

    MyFonts debut: Dec 3, 2012

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    About Parkinson

    Jim Parkinson is the founder and sole employee at Parkinson Type Design. He was born in Richmond, California, in 1941, and he’s been lettering ever since. Jim was one of the designers who worked on ITC Bodoni, along with Sumner Stone, Holly Goldsmith and Janet Prescott Fishman. He drew Parkinson Electra for Monotype and has done a number of custom fonts for magazines and newspapers. In addition to his custom font work, Jim has designed dozens of retail fonts. Some o...

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