“Faux” is false or phony in French and Decaux is a spoof spelling of Deco, thus “False Deco”. Faux Decaux JNL will still fit your Art Deco revival project and blends well with complimentary...
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Kurversbrug is a revival of the famous letters appearing on Amsterdam’s bridges. The letters were probably designed by Anton Kurvers (b. Den Haag, 23 July 1889; d. Amsterdam, 29 January 1940). Although many corrections...
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Way back before digital imaging, video tape and computer editing, the home movie enthusiast had to shoot on film his own titles using any one of a variety of movie titling kits on the...
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Handlettering on a 1934 WPA poster promoting skating in Central Park provided the pattern for the uppercase letters of this typeface, while the lowercase letters take their inspiration from Paul Renner’s Steile Futura. The...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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A snappy single-stroke alphabet from The New Lone Pine ABC of Showcard and Ticketwriting, which Aussie author C. Milnes suggested should be executed with a well-loaded brush, provided the inspiration for this loose, lilting...
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By the time that the 13th edition of the Speedball Text Book appeared in 1938, silent movies were a thing of the past; nonetheless, intrepid author Ross F. George included this typeface, originally intended...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022