First appearing in the 1920s and 30s, Art Deco made a comeback in the 1970s and 80s as well.Īlmost by definition, Art Deco meant sans serif type. If Art Nouveau was about finding beauty in organic intricacy, Art Deco was perhaps about finding beauty in geometric simplicity.
See: William Morris: Art Nouveau Style, shareware Art Nouveau fonts! Art Deco Over the years we’ve written extensively about the Art Nouveau forms of type, fonts and art. Some of the more common digital art nouveau typefaces are Arnold Boecklin (Weisert, 1904), Artistik, Galadriel and Victorian. There are a fair number of digital revivals of art nouveau faces, although few are widely used. This “Art Nouveau” (French, meaning “new art”) produced similarly distinctive typography, which saw a revival during the 1960s. The late Victorian era, from 1880 to World War I, was characterized by this ornamental style of art, with its organic, asymmetrical, intricate and flowing lines.
Some of the wood types most widely available today are those in an Adobe pantheon released in 1990, which includes Cottonwood, Ironwood and Juniper (Buker, Lind & Redick see lots more at the Edinburgh City of Print Flickr stream). Many wood types have an “Old West” feel, because they are most strongly associated with America in the 1870-1900 period. (At left you see an example of wood type, as being restored by the folks at ) It may be unusually compressed or extended. It is distinguished by strong contrasts, an overall dark color, and a lack of fine lines. It derives its name from the fact that instead of being made of metal, the type is carved from wood, cut perpendicular to the grain. Wood type answered some of the needs of display advertising during the industrial revolution. In this part six of the series, we look at one of the most beloved classifications - yet probably the most over-used generas: Decorative & Display Typestyles : Wood Type, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Fat Faces and moreĬontinuing from the previous page, Part Six of “A Brief History of Typography” Wood Type
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