Design, uninterrupted #99

November 16th, 2010

Today’s post highlights the design of DollarDreadful.com. Although the site has only static content and does not appear to be actively maintained, it gets an honorable mention for bringing the vintage look of 19th century newspapers into the browser. True to the medium, the design combines duotone palette of blacks and faded yellows with a wide variety of retro fonts, stippled drawings and worn out patterns – even though most of the content is image-based.