Desdemona- style

[sherby]

Can anyone tell me if I'm right in thinking the font Desdemona is in the style of Art Nouveau or am I a bit off?

[RevShirls]

Yes, definitely, Sherby. I have this font (among many) on my computer and I have always considered it to be an art nouveau font. Just to be sure I checked it on a website and it is given as one of the Art Nouveau fonts. The website says:

Art Nouveau
The late Victorian era, from 1880 to World War I, was characterized by this ornamental style of art, with its organic, asymmetrical, intricate and flowing lines. This "Art Nouveau" (French, meaning "new art") produced similarly distinctive typography, which saw a revival during the 1960s.

There are a fair number of digital revivals of art nouveau faces, although few are widely used. Some of the more common digital art nouveau typefaces are Arnold Boecklin (Weisert, 1904), Artistik, Desdemona, Galadriel and Victorian.

The website is:

http://www.redsun.com/type/abriefhistoryoftype/