Casey
Font Review Journal · Leslie Cabarga · 2003
A three-weight connected script by Leslie Cabarga, drawing on the fat-bottom sign painter lettering of the late 19th century, with a wavy rhythmic stroke and generous curves suited to sports and diner aesthetics.
About
Casey's three weights — Classic, Bold and Ultra — each offer a distinct character: Classic leans forward with tighter spacing and more contrast, Bold balances heft and finesse, and Ultra widens each letterform to slow the visual pace of a word. The design revives a mostly overlooked genre of script lettering, where capitals carry swashes and flourishes and the thickest part of each stroke sits at the bottom. Alternate glyphs, including a variant 'r' and tail designs, extend its flexibility without fully resolving all capital-to-lowercase transitions.
Classification
A connected script rooted in the 19th-century sign painter tradition of fat-bottom lettering, characterised by large swashed capitals, a low x-height and strokes that are thickest along the bottom half of each letterform.