Andy (typeface)

The Andy typeface (originally known as Mead font and is also known as Patrick Hand) is a childish style design by Steve Matteson and owned by Monotype Imaging. This typeface family has a controlled spontaneity feature that combines informality and legibility needed for long documents with handwriting form.

Andy

Category	script
Classification	Handwriting
Designer(s)	Steve Matteson
Foundry	Monotype
Date created	1991[1]
Design based on	Mead Bold
Also known as	Andy Std, Andy-Regular

The TrueType 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.[2][3]

Andy Bold is a casual script based on the handwriting of Steve's friend Andy Mead.

The Andy Bold typeface is also used for the Pokémon slogan Gotta catch 'em all! which is featured on the covers of Pokémon Red Version, Pokémon Blue Version, Pokémon Yellow Version, which also uses Andy Bold for the subtitle Special Pikachu Edition, Pokémon Gold Version, Pokémon Silver Version, Pokémon Crystal, Pokémon Ruby and Sapphire, Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Pokémon Emerald, and other Pokémon games. It's also used in the original Pokémon anime for the same slogan. The Andy Bold typeface is also used throughout the popular videogame Terraria. And the Andy Bold typeface is also used in an educatinal website called BrainPOP