Shelley
Shelley Allegro Script      Shelley Andante Script      Shelley Volante Script

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Design Credits

First seen on MyFonts: September 14th, 2000
Designed by: George Shelley, Matthew Carter
Designed when: 1972
Contained in Category: Script
Design owned by: Linotype
MyFonts Keywords: certificate, connected, curly, elegant, English, formal, invitation, music, script, spencerian, tempo, wedding

Shelley

Matthew Carter’s revival of the hand of the early eighteenth century English writing master, George Shelley; the face is traditional, and is made in three degrees of flourish.

Shelley Script

Shelley Script was designed by Matthew Carter and appeared with Mergenthaler Linotype in 1972. It is based on intricate English scripts of the 18th and 19th centuries. The musical terms Andante, Allegro and Volante were chosen by Carter to describe the mood of the three different cuts of his font. Andante is the most reserved, Allegro has a few more flourishes, and Volante’s capital letters are surrounded with swirling strokes. Perfect for invitations or other cards, Shelley Script, like other fonts of its kind, seems to appeal particularly to America.

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