Art Nouveau × Fileteado Porteño

Fileteado's acanthus scrolls share the whiplash; combine them for ornate, hand-made lettering frames.

From the research on Art Nouveau

Use Art Nouveau's flatter whiplash line to tame filete's modelled acanthus for print and repeat patterns while keeping its curvilinear energy.

From the research on Fileteado Porteño

Mix them and make something Art Nouveau Fileteado Porteño

AI-generated by Stylogeny from the recipe below, and checked against it: the type from Fileteado Porteño, the form from Art Nouveau, the composition from Art Nouveau. Not a real or historical work.

What each style brings

Each part of the design comes from the style with the stronger say in it, and each style gives at least two.

Art Nouveau Fileteado Porteño

Type from Fileteado Porteño: Hand-lettering
Blackletter
Colour from Art Nouveau: Pastel
Analogous harmony

Fileteado Porteño avoids pastel: this is where the two pull against each other.
Form from Art Nouveau: Whiplash line
Biomorphic curves
Composition from Art Nouveau: Organic flow
Framed panels
Surface from Fileteado Porteño: Hard offset shadow
Painterly brushwork

The type

Open fonts standing in for each style’s own type, which is often hand-drawn or commercial.

Display · Fileteado Porteño

Bloom

Yellowtail, standing in for Letra inglesa (copperplate-derived brush script)

Text · Art Nouveau

An international 'new art' that sought a modern style free of historical revival, drawing its forms from plant growth and the female figure. Graphic work flows with whiplash curves and stylised flowers, frames idealised women in arches, halos and mosaic borders, and draws custom lettering that bends to fill the space, fusing image, ornament and type into one decorative surface.

Bodoni Moda; Art Nouveau used Arnold Böcklin and Eckmann

The colours

The ground and leading colours come from Art Nouveau, with a counter-accent from Fileteado Porteño. The ink reads on the ground at 4.5:1 or more.

Art Nouveau Fileteado Porteño

#efe2c4 ground · 36%
#4b3b2a ink · 14%
#c9a24b accent · 18%
#f2b705 accent · 14%
#3f7a75 accent · 10%
#c8102e accent · 8%

As CSS

:root {
  --ground: #efe2c4;
  --ink: #4b3b2a;
  --accent-1: #c9a24b;
  --accent-2: #f2b705;
  --accent-3: #3f7a75;
  --accent-4: #c8102e;
  --font-display: "Yellowtail", cursive;
  --font-text: "Bodoni Moda", serif;
}

Use it with care

Fileteado Porteño: Filete porteño is UNESCO-listed intangible heritage (2015) and a living trade: commission or credit fileteadores rather than tracing their published panels, and keep its Argentine emblems and devotional images, such as the Virgin of Luján, in a respectful context.