I wouldn’t call these deco, but they remind me of Goldenbook:
Grand Central
ITC Golden Cockerel
Weiss Antiqua
Anziano

I love Heller’s book:
http://www.amazon.com/Deco-Type-Stylish-Alphabets-Design/dp/0811811352/r...

and have used it often as a reference.

Thank you, Stephen. These are dead on and give me the flexibility I’m looking for since Goldenbook is better for display.
Love ITC Golden Cockerel, so perfect.

Heller’s book is great. I don’t have that copy. Will have to ebay it.

What other faces do you guys think would look good for a type family?
Thinking Old Newspaper faces as well.

BTW, the best thing about this Harry Potter was the newspaper design!

We are considering Knockout, Belizio, Alwood...either wood type or derivative.
Very open to turn of the century to 1930’s. Heavy black Egyptians to Thins like “Goldenbook”...

If you want to do this properly, acquire some magazines from that era at old paper stores/markets, and a copy of “American Metal Typefaces of the Twentieth Century” by Matt McGrew (Oak Knoll), which will enable you to identify the faces. You’ll find that the 20s and 30s were radically different — going from illustration and historicism to photography and modernism. Knockout and Belizio are 19th century styles.

Broadway (Inline) is one of the most Art Deco faces, so is Radiant, which has a useful condensed. Bernhard Gothic and Kabel are more deco than Futura. Deco slabs (Stymie, Rockwell) are very different from the Egyptians — round curves and not much stroke contrast. See Keith Tam’s essay on this at Type Culture.com. Bodonis — especially the dark weights — were exemplary Deco faces.

Yes, We started on turn of the century faces, hence-Belizio and Knockout and movingtowards the 20’s and 30’s...
NIck, thanks for all the amazing advice. I’m going to get the McGrew book right away.

I have Bernhard Gothic and love Futura. Have Rockwell but enjoy Egyptians much more.

Been collecting samples on Ebay. Other than Gallagher’s in New York, do you know of other vintage paper collectible resources?

Thanks again!

Best,
Mia

Some comic book stores also have old magazines.
Most “collector” flea markets have stalls with magazine traders and dealers.
In Toronto, there is a twice-yearly “Old Paper Show and Sale”, as well as an “Old Book” show, where some of the dealers have magazines, so I would imagine there is something similar in your neck of the woods.
Dealers who specialize in antique/vintage photos, postcards, movie posters, money, maps etc. often take out booths/stalls in such shows, so ask them when and where they show.
AFAIK, trading on eBay has lessened the necessity for dealers to have stores, but they still find shows are useful.
Google “paper ephemera flea market”. Good luck!

Dover relased digital CDs of Dan Solo’s Art Deco fonts. See Amazon.com

Typefaces from the 30’s anyone?

Oh, there are so many. Can you narrow it down for me? Text/display. Sans/serif/slab. Workhorses/decorative.

I have bookmarked many print ephemera dealers and sites, there are just so many.
If you are looking to buy standard “Americana” ads, an inexpensive resource is AntiqueNet.com

If you are looking for online digital archives, here is one of several jump-points — AdAccess, funded by the Duke Endowment Fund.

Stephen,
Display, Decorative..that’s the most fun.

Mia

Thank you, Norbert. Very kind. Love the patina on the Radio Show ad. So beautiful.

Not direct from ’30s, but influenced by the era: Coquette

Yes, we have. Love Coquette. We are big fans of Mark Simonsen.

Great. I just passed him here at the registration desk at TypeCon Seattle. I’ll tell him you said so.