Ashley Script is a

typeface A typeface (or font family) is the design of lettering that can include variations in size, weight (e.g. bold), slope (e.g. italic), width (e.g. condensed), and so on. Each of these variations of the typeface is a font. There are thousands ...

developed by the British designer

Ashley Havinden Ashley Havinden (1903–1973) was an influential British graphic designer in the mid twentieth century, specializing in posters, advertisements, logos and typography, he was also a textile and rug designer. In 1947 he was appointed a Royal D ...

in 1955 for

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. He also created the fonts ''Ashley Crawford'' and ''Ashley Inline''.Font Designer – Ashley Havinden
linotype.com, 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014

/ref> Ashley Script is a brush script and is based on Havinden's own handwriting.

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Monotype typefaces Casual script typefaces Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1955 {{Typography-stub