Brendan Ciecko

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Brendan Ciecko Graphic and web designer in Boston who studied at Hampshire College. He wrote the Fontly app for finding and preserving the typographic culture all around us. Brendan specializes in revivals of classical typefaces: Pani Deco (2013): an art deco typeface based on a poster designed in 1928 by Polish artist Anna Harland-Zajaczkowska. Secesja (2013): a typeface based on Polish "Mloda Polska" (Young Poland) Art Nouveau / Secession styles of the early 20th-century. It is based on a poster printed in 1908 by an unknown artist. Warszawa Deco (2013): an art deco typeface based on a document from 1939. This typeface is based on Polish Art Deco and modernism of the Interwar period. Galicja (2013): a typeface based on Polish "Mloda Polska" (Young Poland) Art Nouveau / Secession styles of the early 20th-century. It is based on a poster printed in 1911 by the Piller-Neumann printshop in Lwow (present day Lviv, Ukraine). Mekicki (2013). A typeface based on a poster designed in 1928 by Polish artist Rudolf Mekicki. It is part of a series inspired by the aesthetics of Poland between 1908 and 1939. Klimt (2013). A Peignotian typeface based on the handwriting of Gustav Klimt. Seebad Grado (2013). A typeface based on the a 1906 art nouveau poster by Austrian artist Josef Maria Auchentaller. Froika (2013). A spurred Victorian typeface based on lettering found on a poster designed in 1922 by Czech artist Antos Frolka. Creative Market link. Behance link.	EXTERNAL LINKS Brendan Ciecko Behance page Creative Market page MyFonts search Monotype search Google search INTERNAL LINKS Type designers ⦿ Type designers ⦿ Type scene in Massachusetts ⦿ Art deco typefaces ⦿ Art Nouveau typefaces ⦿ The Polish type scene ⦿ Victorian typefaces ⦿