Typographical Flourishes
That title is just a placeholder - I'm looking for the right term, if there is one. Is there a name for the small decorations placed to either side of titles, or between lines of text? Particularly in Victorian and Edwardian publications, posters, catalogues, and so on. I'm looking for some for a project I'm working on, and being rather hampered by not knowing what they're properly called.
29.Sep.2005 9.55am
They're typically referred to as ornaments.
29.Sep.2005 11.01am
If it's a line, you might call it an ornamented rule.
29.Sep.2005 12.04pm
Small leaves and flowers for ending chapters etc are usually called "Fleurons"
29.Sep.2005 2.05pm
Some nice ones are from Dalliance from Emigre
29.Sep.2005 6.32pm
Usually textual ornaments are either fleurons, flowers, or flourishes. They have have their own specific meaning.
"An ornament should be as a flower in a field of stone." —Jan Tschichold
Gerald
29.Sep.2005 10.32pm
Dan,
Your new icon makes me think of Dreamweaver... cool name. =)
30.Sep.2005 12.47pm
Can you guess the typefaces I used?
30.Sep.2005 1.09pm
How about Glaser Stencil for "WEAVER"
and maybe Caslon Open Face for the "d"?
Hmmmm... no, something else for the "d"
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30.Sep.2005 2.04pm
Yeah, that's Glaser Stencil... One of the first typefaces I've purchased. =)
1.Oct.2005 4.19am
Good call for Weaver, Norbert, neat face huh. The other one is Slackers Open Antique. Its a nice display face too
3.Oct.2005 8.03am
Fantastic - thank you all. That'll fuel more accurate searching.
3.Oct.2005 8.55am
> The other one is Slackers Open Antique.
Hmmm... shame on me! I know we were thought of as "slackers" at Agfa, but I worked on the promo material when we released the Sackers Engravers font series.
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3.Oct.2005 9.02am
Yes, I'm old, but I'm no Sacker.