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Art deco typefaces by Nick Curtis: II [Nick Curtis]

Commercial art deco typefaces by Nick Curtis.

• Bessie Mae Moocho NF (2002). An art deco font based on handlettering found on a travel brochure for IMM Steamship Lines, circa 1927.
• Blitzkrieg NF (2011). A Lufthansa Airlines baggage label from 1936 provided the inspiration for this genuinely German typeface, with strong art deco influences.
• Blue Jay Way NF (2011). An art deco typeface inspired by Ross F. George. This typeface was used on the Beatles' original Magical Mystery Tour album.
• Boeuf au Joost (2003). Art deco based on work by comic book artist Joost Swarte.
• Boho à Gogo NF (2007): a multiline (op art?) typeface inspired by Bauhaus.
• Chalk and Cheese NF (2004). This art deco uppercase is based on 1930s lettering by French poster artist Charles Loupot (based on this art deco poster), and the non-art deco lowercase is based on 1910s lettering by German plakatmeister Ludwig Hohlwein.
• Chemin de Fer NF (2005). An art deco shadowed outline face.
• Chi Town NF (2008) is a heavy art deco creation that is based on a 1931 poster for the film The Man from Chicago.
• Coochie Nando NF (2011). An art deco shadow caps face, after a typeface called Kitchen by Milton Glaser.
• Dooijes Deco NF (2010). A 3-style art deco family in the style of Broadway, based on the Dick Dooijes tryptich, Carlton, Bristol (1929) and Savoy (1936).
• Duck Soup (2003, after a 1928 poster by Italian designer Neri Nanetti for Snob Cognac).
• Elektromoto NF (2011). This family takes its inspiration from two early Art Deco typefaces from Germany. The Normal version is based on Dynamo, designed by K. Sommer for Ludwig&Mayer in 1930, while the Narrow version is based on Stadion, designed by Erhard Grundeis for Die Schriftguß AG in 1929. Their common design motifs epitomize the Age of Streamline.
• Humpty Dumpling NF (2010). A fat art deco typeface based on an offering from the irrepressible M. Draim, seen in La Lettre dans le Décor&la Publicité Modernes, published by Monrocq Frères of Paris in 1932).
• Dusty Rose (2008) is an art deco typeface based on the logotype for the Dutch magazine Geillustreerd Schildersblad in 1940.
• Edgewise (2007), a quirky well-rounded post-art deco and pre-psychedelic face, uses ideas from Ryter Night (VGC).
• Ege Schrift NF (2011). a faithful revival of Ege-Schrift (1921, Eduard Ege), a mix between Mexican party lettering and art deco.
• Engel Stabenschrift NF (2008). In 1927, Ernst Engel created an art deco typeface which was revived by Nick Curtis as Engel Stabenschrift NF.
• Faerie Queen NF (2006). Based on an art deco typeface named Titania made in 1933 by Fundición Richard Gans.
• The Reed and Fox typefaces Viennese and Corinthian were combined in 2014 in Nick Curtis's digital typeface Genever NF.
• Gotham Rail Company NF (2002). Art deco based on an Italian travel poster from 1931.
• Great Lakes Shadow (2008) is an art deco typeface based on a 1930s travel poster for the Canadian pacific Railway.
• Hunky Dory NF (2014). A circus font after William H. Page's wood type Doric, ca. 1850.
• Jazzfest NF and Tinseltown NF (2009). Based on the 1932 art deco typefaces Newport and Hollywood, respectively, both designed by Willard T. Sniffin for ATF.
• Kharon Ultra (2009). An art deco typeface based on Ludlow Stygian.
• Kinkajou Stew (2003). Image of Kinkajou NF.
• Kirschwasser NF (2005). A bubbly art deco face.
• Korner Deli NF (2006, art deco).
• Kymmera Deco NF (2011). Revival and redesign of Rainbow Bass (1982, saul Bass).
• La Reyna Catalina NF (2006). An art deco face based on Aragón, designed by Enric Crous-Vidal.
• Legnano Cuneo NF and Legnano Sassari NF (2014). Italian art deco wood type.
• Linea Nera NF (2011). Based on Wolf Magin's Black Line (1976, Berthold).
• Lodewijk Gothic NF. After Elzevir Gothic (ATF, 1897).
• Luben Tunen (2008) is another art deco face.
• Madison Squared NF (2012).
• Mighty Ditey (2007): a mix between art deco and Peignot, this elegant typeface is based on a 1970s Photolettering typeface by Richard Nebiolo called Aphrodite, and competes with Riesling (1994, Bright Ideas) and Gillespie (2015, Darren Odden) as revivals of Aphrodite.
• Mogzilla NF (2007) is an ultra fat art deco face.
• Monte Carlo Script NF (2002). An art deco font based on a font called Médicis from a Deberny and Peignot catalog, circa 1920.
• Nip&Tuck (2006).
• Odalisque NF (2008, +Stencil, 2010) are art deco fonts based on Morris Fuller Benton's Chic (1927).
• OK Chorale (2003). An art deco typeface based on Carl Holmes' ABC of Lettering book.
• Orchard Street NF (2011, +Inline). A pair of art deco caps typefaces inspired by one of many posters produced by the WPA by anonymous artists during the 1930s.
• Pentaprism NF (2011). Part Futura, part Bauhaus, this 5-style family has multiline, inline, and other variants.
• Picture Postcard NF (2004: based on an alphabet by Alf Becker).
• Raconteur NF (2006-2008) is a wonderful art deco typeface that shouts gin fizz and high heels: it takes its inspiration from a 1923 ad for Piera Nova, designed by Hernando G. Villa.
• Quoi Chou NF (2006). An elegant and quite original beefed-up version of Bernhard Fashion by Lucian Bernhard.
• Radio Days (2008). An art deco typeface based on 1930s logotype lettering for Crosley Radios.
• Rassetta NF and Rassetta Swash Caps NF (2005). An art deco pair of typefaces originally designed by Willard T. Sniffin for American Type Founders in 1931 under the name Rosetti.
• Renard Moderne NF (2010). An art deco typeface inspired by Sol Hess's 1940s typeface Twentieth Century Poster.
• Resolute NF or USA Resolute NF (2009). An all caps fat headline typeface based on Morris Fuller Benton's Eagle, ATF, 1934.
• Retrorocket NF (2015). An art deco alphabet based on a French lettering chapbook entitled Art du Tracé Rationnel de la Lettre (1934, D. Duvillé).
• Salzmann Deco NF (2011) and Salzmann Deco Deco NF (2011), art deco and Mexican-themed typefaces, modeled after Max Salzmann's Dolmen (1921-1922) and Zierdolmen (1922), respectively.
• Secret Agent (2003). A pure art deco beauty based on this Loupot poster from 1919.
• Ski Alpin NF (2014). An art deco typeface based on a Swiss travel poster from 1927.
• Smart Frocks NF (2008). A Peignotian face, after a shop sign in London, ca. 1930. Designer unknown.
• Stony Island NF (2011). Based on an Alf R. Becker typeface from 1935 called Chicago Modern Thick and Thin.
• Suave Sam NF (2010). An art deco typeface after a 1930 alphabet by Samuel Welo.
• Tasneem (2007) is the ultimate art deco face, originally drawn by Gustav Jensen in 1931.
• Tiny Bubbles NF (2008). An art deco typeface inspired by an alphabet in Pen&Brush Lettering and Practical Alphabets (Blandford Press, Ltd., London, 1929).
• Top Kick NF (2011). Based on Concentra, a geometric marvel with several parallel and concentric lines making up the letters. Concentra was originally published in Schriftatlas: Alphabete von A bis Z .
• Turista Gorda NF (2009). Based on Baltimore Type Foundry's Airport Tourist, which in turn was influenced by Futura Display.

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