The Andy

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(originally known as Mead font and is also known as Patrick Hand) is a childish style design by

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and owned by

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. This typeface family has a controlled spontaneity feature that combines informality and legibility needed for long documents with handwriting form. The

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versions of this typeface have been tuned to be highly legible at low sizes, a quality level that is called ESQ ("''Enhanced Screen Quality''"), a term used by the foundry. Andy Bold is a casual script based on the handwriting of Steve's friend Andy Mead. Its most notable use is as the main font of all text displayed in the 2011 video game ''

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''. It is also used on the cartridges for the

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video games.

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External links

The man behind the font

Andy Bold
(Ascender Corporation)
Andy Bold
(Microsoft typography)
Mead Bold
(Microsoft typography) https://fontsinuse.com/uses/40163/pokemon-gotta-catch-em-all Casual script typefaces Typefaces and fonts introduced in 1991