Bulk Weight JNL is a stripped down version of Inline Square JNL (based on 1930s sheet music hand lettering) with the inline removed. What is left behind is a thick, bulky, ultra bold lettering...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The sheet music for the title song of the 1960 movie “Exodus” had the name hand lettered in a block stencil style with rounded corners and narrow “rails” [the breaks between the stencil parts]....
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A style example found within the pages of a vintage type foundry catalog inspired Case Lot JNL. The design is a classic early 20th Century sans with chamfered corners.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Alf Becker was a talented sign writer and a prolific contributor of unique alphabets to Signs of the Times magazine. More than one hundred of his designs were showcased in monthly installments with each...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Cattle Call JNL is reminiscent of Old West posters and broadsides. The design is based on an extra condensed antique wood type and is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Changing Times JNL was inspired by the hand lettering on the cover of the 1929 sheet music for “Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up that Old Gang of Mine)”. While the font’s name is an...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A couple of pieces of sheet music from France [circa 1925] offered the inspiration for Chanson De Paris JNL (Song of Paris), which is available in both regular and oblique versions. This hand lettered...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Letters in circles are certainly nothing new typographically, but nonetheless they were a favorite tool for sign makers in past decades for emphasizing names or key words in a message. Inspired by an image...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Novelty songs and their often crazy or extra-long titles were all the rage at the beginning of the 20th century. A piece of sheet music for the 1920 song “When Chu-Ching-San weds Paddy McCann”...