font_category: decorative

Red Star Line NF

Red Star Line NF font

A 1926 travel brochure for a steamship line provided the basis for this darkly sparkly spritely font. Smooth curves and an off-center inline treatment gives this typeface a strong architectural feel.

Soda Jerk NF

Soda Jerk NF font

Lettering by an uncredited designer on a French travel poster from 1929 provided the inspiration for this ultrabold headline typeface, a curious blend of symmetry and asymmetry. The font’s small descender height allows tight...

Fireside Chat NF

Fireside Chat NF font

This unusual display face is another in a series of works based on the work of lettering artist Samuel Welo. The sinewy curves and radiant inline decoration give this typeface a cozy, warm and...

Kabarett

Kabarett font

Nord Express NF

Nord Express NF font

Power, speed and modern creature comforts characterized rail travel in the 1930s. To reflect those characteristics, legendary French poster artist A. M. Cassandre employed strong graphic elements and a chiaroscuro letter treatment to the...

Cine Miroir NF

Cine Miroir NF font

This bold yet elegant script is patterned after the logotype lettering from a 1927 issue of the French film magazine named, not surprisingly, Ciné Miroir. Ornate without being fussy, this font’s large x-height gives...

Zinjaro

Zinjaro font

Xylo

Xylo font

Zaragoza

Zaragoza font

Wade Sans Light

Wade Sans Light font