Curlz MT is an
OTF display typeface
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designed by Carl Crossgrove and
Steve Matteson
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in 1995 for
Agfa
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The company began as a dye manufacturer in 1867 ...
Monotype. It is distinct from other popular typefaces, characterized by its wavy strokes and swirls at the beginning or end of letters. Similar to
Comic Sans
Comic Sans MS is a sans-serif typeface created and designed by Vincent Connare and released by Microsoft Corporation in 1994. Designed as a non-connecting script, the typeface draws inspiration from comic book lettering, to emulate the informal ...
and
Papyrus
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, the font has garnered criticism from graphic designers for being used excessively in inappropriate ways. Curlz was designed as a casual, decorative typeface.
TTF version
A
TrueType
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version of Curlz shipped as part of the original
Microsoft Project
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font set, and with
Microsoft Office
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for Macintosh.
Notes
One of the designers,
Steve Matteson
Steven R. Matteson (born 1965) is an American typeface designer whose work is included in several computer operating systems and embedded in game consoles, cell phones and other electronic devices. He is the designer of the Microsoft font family ...
, has said that Curlz was not their proudest moment as a font designer.
See also
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Samples of display typefaces
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*List of monospaced typefaces
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Monotype
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References
Monotype typefaces
Display typefaces
Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1995
Typefaces designed by Steve Matteson
Agfa
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