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Boston 1851

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 Light
Boston 1851 Italic Light
Boston 1851
Boston 1851 Italic
Boston 1851 Bold
Boston 1851 Italic Bold
Boston 1851 Condensed
Boston 1851 Italic Condensed
Boston 1851 Expanded
Boston 1851 Italic Expanded
Boston 1851 Extra Extended
Boston 1851 Italic Extra Expanded
Boston 1851 Small Caps

Per Style:

$6.15 USD

Pack of 13 styles:

$79.99 USD

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Boston 1851

2 fonts

Boston 1851
Boston 1851 Italic

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

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Boston 1851 Light

2 fonts

Boston 1851 Light
Boston 1851 Italic Light

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

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Boston 1851 Light

2 fonts

Boston 1851 Light
Boston 1851 Italic Light

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

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Boston 1851 Extra Expanded

2 fonts

Boston 1851 Extra Extended
Boston 1851 Italic Extra Expanded

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

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Boston 1851 Expanded

2 fonts

Boston 1851 Expanded
Boston 1851 Italic Expanded

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

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Boston 1851 Condensed

2 fonts

Boston 1851 Condensed
Boston 1851 Italic Condensed

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

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Boston 1851 Bold

2 fonts

Boston 1851 Bold
Boston 1851 Italic Bold

Per Style:

$7.49 USD

Pack of 2 styles:

$14.99 USD

Buying Choices

Licensing Options

You can use this font in any of the following places. Read the full EULA text for details about each license. If you have a usage in mind that's not covered by these licenses, contact us and we'll see what we can do.

Desktop: for use on a desktop workstation

For the most common uses, both personal and professional, for use in desktop applications with a font menu.

For example:

Install the font on your Mac OS X or Windows system
Use the font within desktop applications such as Microsoft Word, Mac Pages, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Photoshop, etc.
Create and print documents, as well as static images (.jpeg, .tiff, .png)

Desktop licenses are based on the number of users of the fonts. You can change the number of users by clicking the quantity dropdown option on Buying Choices or Cart pages.

Please be sure to review the listing foundry's Desktop license agreement as some restrictions may apply—such as use in logos/trademarks, geographic restrictions (number of locations), and products that will be sold.

Boston 1851 Desktop EULA

Webfonts: for your website

Webfonts allow you to embed the font into a webpage using the @font-face rule, so paragraphs and headings of text can be styled as the webfont. You will be serving the webfont kit for your own site and linking it in the CSS.

Webfonts can be used on a single domain. Agencies responsible for multiple websites, for example web design agencies or hosting providers, may not share a single webfont license across multiple websites.

If the font file itself won't be embedded in the website (for example, when the font is used in a static graphic image such as a logo) you should purchase a Desktop license instead.

Most foundries on MyFonts offer their webfonts with the Annual license model. Click here to Learn more.

Boston 1851 WebFont EULA

App: for embedding in mobile applications

Select this license type when you are developing an app for iOS, Android, or Windows Phone, and you will be embedding the font file in your mobile application's code.

Boston 1851 App EULA

Electronic Doc: for embedding in e-text products

You can use an Electronic Doc license to embed the font in an electronic publication such as an eBook, eMagazine, eNewspaper, or interactive PDF.

An Electronic Doc license is based on the number of publications in which the font is used. Each issue counts as a separate publication. Regional or format variations don't count as separate publications.

Updated versions of publications that are free to previous customers do not need a new license; otherwise, each new version that is released counts as a separate publication.

For font usage in graphic images shown as the ePub cover, consider a Desktop license instead as most allow for it.

Boston 1851 Electronic Doc EULA

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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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