Arts & Crafts

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Last edited May 23, 2017

The Arts and Crafts Movement – a reformist movement at its height between approximately 1880 and 1910 – searched for authentic and meaningful styles for the 19th century. It was a reaction against the eclectic revival of historic styles of the Victorian era and to "soulless" machine-made production aided by the Industrial Revolution. Inspired by the writings of John Ruskin and a romantic idealization of the craftsman taking pride in his personal handiwork, it influenced British, Canadian, and American architecture, decorative arts, cabinet making, crafts, and artists in the Pre-Raphaelite movement.

Willow font was designed by Tony Forster, a fanciful font in the Viennese Secessionist style. The work of Scottish architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh inspired this condensed sans serif typeface with its rough edges and selection of alternate and ligature characters. Willow font revives the look of the arts and crafts of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

ITC Golden Type® is a revival of a typeface designed in the late nineteenth century by William Morris, who was a great Victorian designer, poet, artist, craftsman, social reformer, and printer. In his search for a solid and pure letterform to use in his private press editions, he was inspired by the roman types in books printed by Nicolas Jenson in the fifteenth century. The type he designed,... Read More