Tag: thirties
Lenox Avenue Font
I came across an old book called ‘Studio Handbook Letter And Design For Artists And Advertisers’ by Samuel Welo. Samuel Welo was an American advertising calligrapher, typographer and lettering artist, who was most active during the roaring twenties. Lenox Avenue
Gamboge Font
Gamboge is a deep saffron to mustard yellow pigment which is extracted from a tree. Its name comes from gambogium, the latin word for the pigment. Gambogia font is a beautiful all caps typeface with a pre-war feeling to it.
Astaire Font
This is a deco-style text OpenType Pro font loosely based on Koch’s Locarno as seen in KochAltschrift a recent free German tribute to Koch’s work. I was familiar with Meek’s Letraset presstype version called Locarno, but I never liked the
Sixtra Font
“Sixtra” is a font right out of the 30ies or 40ies of last century. I discovered a few letters on an old package for some obscure cutlery manufacturer and made a font of those six letters. Hence Sixtra! Published by