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”.
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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...
Asbury Park JNL
In the 1930s the WPA (Works Progress Administration) sponsored a Federal art project. Many posters were produced that featured government-sponsored cultural events, health and safety tips and various other topics. One such poster from...
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...
Badlands JNL
A vintage piece of sheet music for “Waitin’ at the Gate for Katy” (from the 1934 movie “Bottoms Up”) provided the hand-lettered, Western-influenced lettering which is now available as Badlands JNL. Some of the...
Autumn Song JNL
The cover of the sheet music for the 1931 song “When the Autumn Leaves of Life Begin to Fall” has the song’s title hand lettered in a thin monoline Art Deco Style. The song...
Barn Dance JNL
The hand lettered title on the 1945 sheet music for the song “Louisiana Hayride” is an Art Deco design with a nod to the preceding Art Nouveau era. It is now available as Barn...
Ball Game JNL
What has become a rite of passage at baseball games got its start in 1908 when lyricist Jack Norworth and music composer Albert Von Tilzer wrote “Take Me Out to the Ball-Game” (which was...
Basic Nouveau JNL
The 1913 sheet music for “You’ll Be Welcome When You Get Back Home” had its title hand lettered in a simple, yet attractive Art Nouveau sans serif design which has been preserved as digital...
Basic Lettering JNL
Sometimes lettering without any frills or formality gets a message across better than the use of fancier typefaces. The simple charm of the hand-lettered phrase “Safety Comes First” found on a vintage WPA (Works...