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Its floral ornaments, the curved forms, as well as the emphasis on graphical realisation inspired the type designers of the start of the 20th century. A popular art nouveau font was Eckmann, designed by graphic artist Otto Eckmann. Furthermore, the influence of art nouveau was expressed in a lot of book illustrations and ex libris designs.
Some styles drawn by Christian Schwartz and others by Richard Lipton. [10] [19] Poynter Old Style (1997–2000) - inspired by the high-contrast, slightly condensed old-style serifs of the Low Countries, in particular those designed by Hendrik van den Keere. [10] Text and display optical sizes. Some display styles drawn by Cyrus Highsmith. [20]
Probably the best-known Art Nouveau typeface, the font had a renaissance in the 1960s and 1970s as part of the general Art Nouveau revival in popular design. Its influence can be seen in the work of illustrators such as Roger Dean and the Stuckist artist Paul Harvey .
Contrary to their current perception, in its early years, the Bauhaus school printed serif art nouveau typefaces. After some years of design work at the school, Herbert Bayer and Joost Schmidt created the more recognizable proposals—sans-serif geometric letterings, with decorative elements of the font removed for a crisp industrial style.
George Auriol has been called the "quintessential Art Nouveau designer" according to Steven Heller and Louise Fili. [1] The letterforms he designed for his namesake typeface originated in Française-légère and Française-allongée, two other fonts he designed for G. Peignot et Fils.
Our guide to Art Nouveau architecture explores the late 19th-century movement known for flowing lines and organic forms and how it influenced the culture.
Souvenir is a serif typeface designed in 1914 by Morris Fuller Benton for American Type Founders.It was loosely based on Schelter-Antiqua and Schelter-Kursiv, a 1905 Art Nouveau type issued by the J.G. Schelter & Giesecke foundry in Leipzig. [1]