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Designer Ashley Havinden preserved his own handwriting with Ashley Script. The font, which debuted in 1955, captures the essence of the era.

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The d's shape, which looks like the mirror reflection of a six, and the lower case s's pointed form are the most distinctive. These elements give the typeface its dynamic character and break up the otherwise uniform letters. Each every figure seems as though it was written rapidly and impulsively on paper. Ashley Script works well for middle-length paragraphs and headlines when used at point sizes greater than 12.

Ashley Script is a typeface developed by the British designer Ashley Havinden in 1955 for Monotype Corporation. He also created the fonts Ashley Crawford and Ashley Inline. Ashley Script is a brush script and is based on Havinden's own handwriting.