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Lobster

Lobster was designed by Pablo Impallari and released in 2010 as one of the earliest showcase typefaces in the Google Fonts directory. It combines brush-script letterforms with display construction: generous curves, connecting strokes, and multiple ligatures that activate automatically. Impallari's approach used OpenType contextual alternates to swap letterforms when adjacent characters would otherwise produce awkward joins. The family has no italic and no weight range — it exists as a single Regular cut. It became widely reproduced across consumer design in the early 2010s, making it one of the most recognisable script-display releases of that era.