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Amboy

Amboy™

by Parkinson
Individual Styles from $20.00 USD
Complete family of 2 fonts: $25.00 USD
Amboy Font Family was designed by Jim Parkinson and published by Parkinson. Amboy contains 2 styles family package options.

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    Amboy Family

    2 fonts

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    Per Style:

    $12.50 USD

    Pack of 2 styles:

    $25.00 USD

    About the family


    Amboy is a two-font family. Amboy Inline and Amboy Black. Amboy Black is a recent addition. It can be used alone, but it is carefully tailored to fit behind the Inline font to add color to the inline. There are alternate characters: A, M & N in the caps and lowercase key positions. Amboy is a square gothic style typical of Mid-20th Century Showcard Lettering. A lettering genre known as “Gaspipe.” Signage samples similar to this still exist on buildings in my home town, Oakland, California. I have designed over a half dozen variations of this form over the years. Including Golden Gate Initials, Matinee, Motel, Hotel and Fresno. Designed in 2001 by Jim Parkinson, Amboy has been refreshed, enhanced, and re-released.

    Designers: Jim Parkinson

    Publisher: Parkinson

    Foundry: Parkinson

    Design Owner: Parkinson

    MyFonts debut: Oct 26, 2001

    Amboy™ 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 ...

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