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Art deco font from French deli sign
Posted by adamtyoung in
12 Jun 2005 — 2:21pm
12 Jun 2005 — 2:21pm
It is a strange type of angular art deco; I am designing a butcher's identity and he wanted this. Any help is appreciated.
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12 Jun 2005 — 2:41pm
I wouldn't know if this font or anything similar has been digitised.
12 Jun 2005 — 3:13pm
something like this is easy enough to digitize as a logo in Illustrator... unless they wanted a full font for identity purposes. If they want it badly enough for that, there are several designers who will do custom work.
12 Jun 2005 — 6:39pm
Adam, if you want a nice source of inspiration concerning old French commercial signage, check out the book "Entrez: Signs of France" (S Rothfeld & A Aciman, Artisan, New York, 2001). In fact many of the examples happen to be for charcuterie shops!
hhp
12 Jun 2005 — 10:14pm
Strange indeed. But lovely in its own way. It reminds of 'Choc' (by Roger Excoffon?) in it's top-heaviness on the curved characters but it's also stencil-like on the 'A'... I also think it may never have been digitised.
Like Hrants ref to a good book on old commercial signage, I would recommend Arnold Schwartzman's 'Designage' (pub. Chronicle Books, San Francisco 1998) for further reading.
13 Jun 2005 — 6:38am
You could also look at P22 Vienna, Mucha or Nick's fonts
Tim
13 Jun 2005 — 7:30am
Or Artistik, which is definitely more nouveau.
You might also find something you like (not for Mac) at typOasis
14 Jun 2005 — 8:53am
Hrant - that book was exactly what I needed for inspiration. I have decided to digitize the font and create the other characters that I will need. Thank you all.
14 Jun 2005 — 9:25am
Hrant -- Thanks for reminding me about that book.
Adam -- You might also like Pekin from Solotype.
14 Jun 2005 — 11:53am
Rene Knip does work with similar styles:
http://www.atelierreneknip.nl/
Their stuff is less deco and more industrial, but very distinctive.