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Modesto Initials

Modesto Initials™

by Parkinson
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Modesto Initials Font Family was designed by Jim Parkinson and published by Parkinson. Modesto Initials contains 2 styles.

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    About Modesto Initials Font Family


    Modesto Initials had existed as a single font for several years. I recently added a fill font to put color in the Inlines. The Inline font still works by itself. The Fill font works alone too, as an ultra Modesto on steroids. They work best together. Modesto is a loose-knit family based on a signpainters lettering style popular in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. It evolved from the lettering I used for the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus Logo. The Modesto family was not planned. It just happened, a few fonts at a time over about fifteen years. In 2014 seven new Italic fonts and two Chromatic families were added. There is a downloadable MODESTO USER MANUAL PDF in the Gallery section for this family.

    Designers: Jim Parkinson

    Publisher: Parkinson

    Foundry: Parkinson

    Original Foundry: Parkinson

    Design Owner: Parkinson

    MyFonts debut: Oct 19, 2001

    Modesto Initials™ is a trademark of Parkinson Type Design.

    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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