Typophile - (x) "Modern The World" Art Nouveau-ish serf face - hand drawn {Stephen} - Comments

Thanks all, yes I meant to

juno10 — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 20:06:46 -0800

Thanks all, yes I meant to say art nouveau — I’d been searching fonts for so long my keywords were keywording themselves.

Abaddon was my jumping off point when I was searching for something similar. Looks like it’ll be a calligraphy project and not an Adobe Illustrator one.

I also think this owe’s

bowfinpw — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:14:53 -0800

I also think this owe’s something to the type that Dave Nalle’s ’Abaddon’ was modeled after, which was drawn by Alex Jay as an Art Nouveau-like face for a book about Dinosaurs by William Stout in 1981. Jay says his lettering was inspired by the work of Alphonse Mucha, one of the greats of the Art Nouveau movement.

- Mike Yanega

P22’s Salon Full also has

minimalista — Sun, 9 Dec 2007 21:44:31 -0800

P22’s Salon Full also has a similar feel.

LHF Victoria has a similar

marcox — Sun, 9 Dec 2007 08:54:20 -0800

LHF Victoria has a similar feel, although the details are wildly different:
http://www.letterheadfonts.com/fonts/victoria.shtml

And just clarity’s sake,

marcox — Sun, 9 Dec 2007 08:48:29 -0800

And just clarity’s sake, isn’t this Art Nouveau, rather than Art Deco?

This is most likely hand

Stephen Coles — Sun, 9 Dec 2007 01:24:43 -0800

This is most likely hand drawn. Notice that each letter is unique.

(x) "Modern The World" Art Nouveau-ish serf face - hand drawn {Stephen}

juno10 — Sat, 8 Dec 2007 18:27:13 -0800

I’ve been searching. A few Scriptorium fonts are close, but no cigar.