Discotack
Reverse-contrast slab meets Art Nouveau flow
Discotack is a reverse-contrast slab serif designed by Brian Dove and released in 2023. It blends Art Nouveau organic curves with what the designer describes as desert disco character, drawing initial inspiration from the uppercase letterforms of Benguiat's Discotheque (1967). Setting text in all caps produces a mostly flat top and bottom to lines of text, while mixing in lowercase introduces a playful, wavy texture. The family supports Latin European languages and exports in TTF, WOFF, and WOFF2 formats.
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Insights
- Benguiat's Discotheque (1967) provided the explicit starting point for the uppercase skeleton before the design moved into organic, flowing territory.
- All-caps setting yields a mostly flat vertical rhythm; adding lowercase reintroduces a wavy texture across the line.
- The design takes an off-kilter approach to a genre the designer characterises as typically defined by straight lines and angles.
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