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Silver Streak

Swell Type · John Roshell · 2020

displayArt Deco display
Silver Streak specimen from Swell Type

An Art Deco display family spanning 50 styles across five widths and five weights, drawn from the streamlined lettering of 1930s American trains and advertising.

About

Taking its name and inspiration from the 1934 Pioneer Zephyr's famous Denver-to-Chicago dash, the family pairs dramatic stroke contrast with tastefully rounded corners across Standard, Tall, Wide, XTall and XWide proportions. Each width runs through five weights from Light to Heavy, with a parallel Round subfamily in every cut, and a variable font covering the full range. The result is a period-flavoured palette with genuine structural discipline behind its extravagance.

Classification

A geometric display face drawn from the streamlined lettering of 1930s and 1940s American transport design. High stroke contrast, rounded corner variants and multiple width axes place it firmly in the Art Deco display tradition.

Weights

LightRegularBoldExtraBoldHeavy

Optical sizes and widths

StandardTallWideXTallXWide

Family

Silver Streak RoundSilver Streak TallSilver Streak Tall RoundSilver Streak WideSilver Streak Wide RoundSilver Streak XTallSilver Streak XTall RoundSilver Streak XWideSilver Streak XWide Round

Languages

Latin

Tags

art-decodisplaystreamlinevintagegeometricvariablehigh-contrastamericana

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