font_category: decorative

Nautica

Nautica font

Nautica is a new script typeface based on Copperplate’s ductus. High in contrast, it is a very original type with a strong character. With over 1000 glyphs and extensive language support, Nautica offers full...

Atlantic Doodles

Atlantic Doodles font

Like another popular “doodle”, Atlantic Doodles can really liven things up. Give your scrapbooking, invitations, gift tags and other creative endeavors the attention they deserve with this versatile collection of 52 hand-drawn swashes, flourishes…

Guadalajara JNL

Guadalajara JNL font

Hand lettered, the title on the sheet music for a 1940s hit song “Ti-Pi-Tin” inspired Guadalajara JNL. The melody and original Spanish lyrics were written by Maria Grever, one of Mexico’s first successful female...

Predy

Predy font

In the era of digital types, the round handmade cursive continues to intrigue many type designers, probably by their beautiful and graceful calligraphic origins. However, what is certainly true, is that all good traditional...

Love Song JNL

Love Song JNL font

Love songs are the perennials of music, outlasting all other popular fads and styles that come and go. The 1920s through the 1940s is considered by some to be the Golden Age of the...

Performer JNL

Performer JNL font

Performer JNL, is a typeface re-drawn from condensed hand lettering found on a piece of vintage sheet music. Fairly basic in style, there are still some hints of the Art Deco influence that permeated...

Playful JNL

Playful JNL font

Playful JNL takes its name from the obviously playful lettering found on the title of a piece of 1940s sheet music.

Juke Joint JNL

Juke Joint JNL font

Although many pieces of sheet music used standardized backgrounds and metal type for their titles and information, there are hundreds of songs with innovative illustrations and clever typography beckoning potential buyers with their cover...

East To West JNL

East To West JNL font

Sheet music for a song featured in “East to West”, a film starring Mexican bombshell Dolores Del Rio, had the movie’s name lettered in a bold sans style with early Art Deco influences. East...

Ciribiribin JNL

Ciribiribin JNL font

“Ciribiribin” is an Italian ballad composed by Alberto Pestalozza in 1898. Many versions with different sets of lyrics have been recorded over the years. The hand lettering on the sheet music for one such...