Designed by Ashley Havinden of the Crawford advertising agency
and originally developed for a Chrysler car advert. [Mike
Ashworth] Issued by Monotype as series 238. Ashley
Crawford Plain (series 279, without serifs) followed later.
[JBJ]
Series 238 was known in Germany as Crawford-Versalien.
[Wetzig
1926–40]
Fürst carried a phototype version names Charlie
Pointed [Fürst
c. 1976].
There are various digitizations. Ashley Crawford
ICG (1 style, Image Club, 1997, sold on MyFonts) appears to
be identical to Ashley Crawford LT (sold on
FontShop).
Monotype’s version is different and spans 4 styles. In addition
to the original (named Ashley Crawford Regular on
MyFonts and Ashley Crawford AT on FontShop,
revealing More…
Designed by Ashley Havinden of the Crawford advertising agency and originally developed for a Chrysler car advert. [Mike Ashworth] Issued by Monotype as series 238. Ashley Crawford Plain (series 279, without serifs) followed later. [JBJ] Series 238 was known in Germany as Crawford-Versalien. [Wetzig 1926–40]
Fürst carried a phototype version names Charlie Pointed [Fürst c. 1976].
There are various digitizations. Ashley Crawford ICG (1 style, Image Club, 1997, sold on MyFonts) appears to be identical to Ashley Crawford LT (sold on FontShop).
Monotype’s version is different and spans 4 styles. In addition to the original (named Ashley Crawford Regular on MyFonts and Ashley Crawford AT on FontShop, revealing that it was made in Agfa days; used for the sample) and the Plain (named Bold) style, it has a serifless Light and an Inline. It is not clear when and by whom the Light was added. The Inline is actually a mislabeled digitization of Kreß-Versalien (Schriftguss AG, 1926).
