The spirit of the old and traditional with a note of ornate style. This is how we could describe the energy that adorns these fonts in most cases.
This type of font is not only applicable when we need to express the style of old and traditional, or some past times, such as in the design of some books in the field of history, culture or similar things, but can be a real avant-garde when it comes to modern, and even futuristic design concepts. In fact, maybe just such combinations (old+futuristic) show all the power of vintage fonts and why designers have always loved them.
Here are five fonts that could be the right solution if you have the task of designing a “vintage” or, so-called “retro” logo… or you simply want to experiment with the concept of “the modern and futuristic powered by old”.
Metro Retro NF
Designed by Wadsworth A. Parker for ATF (that’s American Type Founders, not Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) in 1927, this font was originally called Modernistic. Suitable for short headlines in large point sizes, unless you really want to torture your readers.
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Fancy Pants NF
It’s a serif typeface with a touch of art deco. Very stylish! The inspiration for this font was font Gallia (1927).
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Park Lane NF
This font is a reworking of an old Mecanorma font, called simply Art Deco. It’s a style of the 1920s. It’s having a bilinear concept and a very interesting outline.
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Hut Sut Ralston NF
A modest little book from Gordon & George publishers of Seattle made its appearance in 1915. It’s full, rather long-winded title was Presenting the Speed-Ball Pen: with Alphabets, Drawings and Designs Produced with This “Wizard of Lettercraft.” This rather zany font is based on a freehand two-stroke alphabet from that very book and gets its name from one of many nonsense songs popular in the 1940s.
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Victoria CAT
The font Victoria was issued before 1903 by the font foundry Flinsch. It’s a glyphic “art nouveau” concept. Playful and fun energy!
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