Comments on: Typography: Deco Fonts

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 06:35:41 +0000

No offense from me either, but typography is more of a term for the subtle skill of manipulating typefaces and blocks of text, not just putting flashy “display fonts” on cards. Rosewood is really insulting to graphic designers. It’s like comic sans, sort of.

Love the blog though. I’ve never commented before, but I had to pipe up!

By: Jen O

Jen O — Thu, 31 Jan 2008 01:51:44 +0000

As an Alexander Girard junkie, I have to add that his designs for La Fonda del Sol should get some credit here as being an important source of inspiration for this design movement, wouldn’t you agree?
The graphics in this 1962 album cover photo tells it all:
http://www.lafondadelsol.net/wst_page2.php?idx=23&file=images/curtis_fuller_south_american_cooking.bmp&&ID2=HshgD6

By: sosser

sosser — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:39:38 +0000

these are great resources. thanks for the links!

By: Ian

Ian — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 21:56:22 +0000

No offense intended, but rosewood is a terrible typeface. It only serves as an excellent example of over-used hackneyed trends in typography. I understand that the focus of this website isn’t graphic design, but as a fellow fan of D*S and a professional designer, I must ask you to please promise me you will not use rosewood on your projects. Hehe.

That being said, the first piece is awesome and Perry’s ‘Handjob’ book is great.

By: mod*mom

mod*mom — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:45:14 +0000

LOVE these!!

By: kate

kate — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:21:19 +0000

hand job = best book ever