Arrevederci JNL
The 1954 sheet music for the song “Arrevederci Roma (Goodbye to Rome)” [from the MGM film “The Seven Hills of Rome”] was hand lettered in a medium-wide sans serif. This design is now available...
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Art Museum JNL
Art Museum JNL is yet another take on the classic Art Deco “solid letter” fonts that emulate the style of Futura Black. This version comes to you through the courtesy of a vintage WPA...
Art Exhibit JNL
In the 1930s the WPA (Works Progress Administration) was involved with getting a number of Americans back to work during the Great Depression. One faction of the WPA’s efforts was the Federal Art Project....
Art Topic JNL
Art Topic JNL is a round-cornered square sans serif in the Art Deco style, and was modeled from a 1930 WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster for the Federal Arts Project.
Art Techno JNL
The simple song title “May I”, found on the sheet music from the 1934 Bing Crosby-Carole Lombard film “We’re Not Dressing” was hand lettered in a blocky, ultra-bold Art Deco design that foreshadowed the...
Art Project JNL
A 1930s WPA (Works Projects Administration) poster advertising a play entitled “Abraham Lincoln, The Great Commoner” had the play’s name done in a hand-lettered Art Deco sans. This is the basis for Art Project...
Artistry JNL
The 1935 sheet music for Shirley Temple’s “That’s What I Want for Christmas” [from her 20th Century Fox film “Stowaway”] provided the hand lettered sans which became the model for Artistry JNL. A condensed...
Artful Nouveau JNL
Artful Nouveau JNL was modeled from the hand lettering on the sheet music cover for the 1910 song “Gee, But It’s Great to Meet a Friend from Your Home Town”.
Art Week JNL
Art Week JNL is a wider variant of the lettering style used on many WPA (Works Progress Administration) posters for the arts in the Depression-era 1930s. Wider than the version used for Concert Series...
Artwork Stencil JNL
Many great lettering examples were found in the 1939 French publication by Georges Léculier, “Modèles de Lettres Moderns” (“Models of Modern Letters”). One design in particular is a stencil alphabet so typical of the...