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displayvernacular display
Shire Pro specimen from Jeremy Tankard Typography

A six-style heavy display family drawn from idiosyncratic British vernacular lettering, spanning block sans, unicase and chunky script forms across Latin, Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic scripts.

About

Each of the six subfamilies – named after English counties – represents a distinct stylistic interpretation of vernacular British lettering, from plain block sans to playful unicase and chunky scripts. All styles share a consistent heavy weight, making them suitable for headlines and titles individually or mixed within a single word for a crafted, hand-lettered effect. The family extends beyond Latin to cover Cyrillic, Greek and Arabic, an unusual breadth for a display typeface of this character.

Classification

A multi-style display family spanning block sans, unicase and chunky script styles, all at a constant heavy weight. The vernacular British lettering source material places it firmly in the display category, with no single conventional subcategory covering its breadth.

Weights

Heavy

Family

Shire Pro DerbyshireShire Pro StaffordshireShire Pro CheshireShire Pro ShropshireShire Pro WarwickshireShire Pro Worcestershire

Languages

LatinCyrillicGreek

Tags

displayvernacularbritishheavyunicasescriptchunkylettering

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