Amboy™
A Classic Gaspipe Signage Style
Designed by Jim Parkinson
For a chromatic effect, layer the Black and Inline versions of Amboy. Here's how:
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Step 1.
Create a new layer using Amboy Black. -
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Step 2.
Copy the first layer, creating a new one in the same position. Change the font to Amboy Inline Black. -
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Step 3.
Change the color of the font on each layer as you like it. Hit the mini bar and toast to a job well done.
Story
Amboy is a two-font family. Amboy Inline and Amboy Black. Amboy Black is a recent addition. It can be used alone, but it is carefully tailored to fit behind the Inline font to add color to the inline. There are alternate characters: A, M & N in the caps and lowercase key positions. Amboy is a square gothic style typical of Mid-20th Century Showcard Lettering. A lettering genre known as “Gaspipe.” Signage samples similar to this still exist on buildings in my home town, Oakland, California. I have designed over a half dozen variations of this form over the years. Including Golden Gate Initials, Matinee, Motel, Hotel and Fresno.
Features
Additional features include: Access All Alternates, Medial Forms, Terminal Forms, Numerators, Denominators, Fractions, Ordinals, and Localized Forms.
Glyphs
Basic Latin 68
Latin-1 Supplement 65
Latin Extended-A 63
Latin Extended-B 61
IPA Extensions 6
Spacing Modifier Letters 15
Combining Diacritical Marks 27
Greek and Coptic 2
Latin Extended Additional 86
General Punctuation 20
Currency Symbols 24
Letterlike Symbols 5
Arrows 10
Mathematical Operators 12
Geometric Shapes 2
Alphabetic Presentation Forms 2
Latin Extended-C 1
Latin Extended-D 1
Additional Glyphs 20
Amboy supports 456 languages. View our language support page to see which.