Dom Casual Explained

Dom Casual
Style:Casual script
Date:1951
Creator:Peter Dom
Foundry:ATF

Dom Casual is an American typeface designed in 1951 by Peter Dom (born as Peter Dombrezian). It is an informal design that emulates brush script.

Dom Casual has been used often in television credits, such as on Bewitched, Barney Miller, Home Improvement (seasons 4-6), Sesame Street (from 1992 to 2002) and Only Fools And Horses, as well as 1960-64 Warner Bros. cartoons, and is currently used in various labels on The Price Is Right. Other TV shows which have used it include Bill Nye the Science Guy, Sesame Street episodes from 1992 to 2006, the first season of Inspector Gadget, the Bob Saget era of America's Funniest Home Videos, Full House and Clarissa Explains it All.

In business and commerce, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company ("A&P") used it in their instore broadsheet signage and in newspaper advertising into the mid-1970s and Menards has also used it inside its stores. New Mexico-based restaurant Mac's Steak in the Rough has used the font on its outdoor signage and dining menus. The Oklahoma-based restaurant chain Hideaway Pizza also prominently uses the font in its logo, as well as its signage and menus, alongside comic sans.[1]

It has also been used in a variety of games and sometimes, other software such as Marble Blast Gold and the package of Microsoft Bob.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hideaway Pizza.