shanghai.ttf
Shanghai Font
Author's note
Shanghai by Christine Mauerkirchner and Rainer Grunert is a free faux-Chinese display font with a sharp, brush-cut rhythm and a theatrical 1995 attitude. The letters mix broad curved bowls with tapering spikes and hooked strokes, so the alphabet feels carved, slashed, and slightly ornamental rather than traditionally calligraphic.
It fits posters, restaurant branding, record sleeves, festival flyers, and title cards where you want a stylized East Asian cue without turning the layout into a period pastiche. As a free font, Shanghai works best in short headlines, logos, and monogram-like initials, because those sweeping cuts and pointed joins carry the mood fast.
It fits posters, restaurant branding, record sleeves, festival flyers, and title cards where you want a stylized East Asian cue without turning the layout into a period pastiche. As a free font, Shanghai works best in short headlines, logos, and monogram-like initials, because those sweeping cuts and pointed joins carry the mood fast.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
© Christine Mauerkirchner und Rainer Grunert, Schwalbach, 1995
Font family
Shanghai
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 Shanghai
Full font name
Shanghai
Name table version
Macromedia Fontographer 4.1 01.07.1995
Postscript font name
Shanghai
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created1995-07-01
Revision1
Glyph count187
Units per Em2048
Embedding rightsLicensed font (protected)
Family classNo classification
WeightBold
WidthMedium (normal)
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
PitchNot monospaced
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