What's this illustration style?
December 28, 2003 10:17 AM Subscribe
I adore the illustration style seen in the flower logo at Infrangible -- single color, simple, early-1900s looking -- and would Google for similar stuff if I knew what it was called. Searching for "retro illustration" and "retro icons" turned up some cool stuff, but not what I'm looking for. Any hints?
Looks to me that might be from a dingbat font. Look on font sites.
posted by MegoSteve at 11:04 AM on December 28, 2003
posted by MegoSteve at 11:04 AM on December 28, 2003
It's from an ornament font, like this...there are free versions of different styles all over the net
posted by amberglow at 11:07 AM on December 28, 2003
posted by amberglow at 11:07 AM on December 28, 2003
It reminds me of William Morris kinda sorta. If it's a dingbat, you might find something similar searching for dingbats or symbols on Identifont. It's a fun and useful site for things like this.
posted by madamjujujive at 11:15 AM on December 28, 2003
posted by madamjujujive at 11:15 AM on December 28, 2003
Response by poster: You guys rock. Here's what I found to play with.
posted by Aaorn at 12:27 PM on December 28, 2003
posted by Aaorn at 12:27 PM on December 28, 2003
it's more arts + crafts than art nouveau, isn't it (ie a bit earlier)? try searching for william morris (as noted above), owen jones, a.w.n. pugin, henry cole, richard redgrave. a nice book that covers from that time onwards is pevsner's "pioneers of modern design".
posted by andrew cooke at 6:43 PM on December 28, 2003
posted by andrew cooke at 6:43 PM on December 28, 2003
Check out Dingbat Pages for several similar fonts, especially florals and ornaments.
posted by LeiaS at 7:09 AM on December 29, 2003
posted by LeiaS at 7:09 AM on December 29, 2003
This thread is closed to new comments.
posted by Grangousier at 10:42 AM on December 28, 2003