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Tagged 1920s · everything
This is a curated collection of 26 free Art Deco fonts suitable for various design projects, from logos to headlines, each with brief descriptions of their distinctive characteristics and available weights or styles. The piece emphasizes the enduring appeal of the Art Deco aesthetic and how these typefaces can add elegance and vintage glamour to contemporary design work.
The author argues that he avoids hiring purportedly "brilliant" men because they are typically fast-talking con artists who start projects enthusiastically but lack the discipline to finish them—the real problem being not intelligence itself but the combination of overconfidence and inability to handle repetitive work. Drawing on personal experience with charismatic failures like his former partner Carroll, he illustrates how such men generate excitement around grand schemes, then lose interest when faced with practical details and modest execution. Instead, he advocates for hiring ordinary, steady workers who possess five simple qualities: good health, thriftiness, clear communication, attention to detail, and courage—arguing that business success comes from extracting consistent effort from reliable people rather than depending on the erratic brilliance of talented misfits.