"After finishing a project that required me to learn everything I could about CSS and SVG animations, I started writing this series about Smashing Animations and " How Classic Cartoons Inspire Modern CSS." To round off this year, I want to show you how to use modern CSS to create that element that makes Toon Titles so impactful: their typography."
"But when television boomed during the 1950s, budgets dropped, and cards designed by artists like Lawrence "Art" Goble adopted a new visual language, becoming more graphic, stylised, and less intricate. Note: Lawrence "Art" Goble is one of the often overlooked heroes of mid-century American animation. He primarily worked for Hanna-Barbera during its most influential years of the 1950s and 1960s."
Modern CSS and SVG techniques enable recreation of the distinctive typography used in classic cartoon title cards. Title typography in the 1920s and early 1930s established mood, set scenes, and signaled the type of film or program. Cartoon title cards functioned as branding, atmosphere, and scene-setting. The rise of television in the 1950s reduced budgets and moved title art toward a more graphic, stylized approach. Lawrence "Art" Goble focused on atmosphere and designed environments and opening title cards for Hanna-Barbera, favoring single, strong silhouetted ideas that read well on small screens and helped define the studio's iconic look.
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