Typeface Inspiration: Broadway

Broadway

I have been researching typefaces which are similar and found that ‘Broadway’. 

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The Broadway font was first released in 1929 and is an example of the roaring 20’s and a form of Art Deco. 

“Thick black strokes on the left half of characters such as the ‘B’ and ‘O’ make the letterforms abstract and ornamental. Where thick and thin strokes meet, the letterforms feature angles rather than curves, similar to the way Art Deco treats natural forms.”

(Microsoft)

This is an example of how Broadway is a variation of an Art Deco typeface and uses the thick and thin strokes and the angles which are both in the Art Deco style. 

I will also be using some aspects of the Art Deco style and like Broadway, I will be creating new aspects to have a modern design. 

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