font_category: decorative

An interesting bit of Art Deco influenced serif hand lettering was found on the cover of the sheet music for 1938’s “Boatman’s Serenade”. This became the model for the digital font Inlet JNL; available...

Based on a vintage set of kitchen labels, Jams and Jellies JNL is a font containing 52 of the most common names for jams, jellies and preserves as well as a blank label for...

Jungle Drums JNL is based on the hand-lettered title on the 1929 sheet music of its musical namesake. A bold, free form design with a hint of the Art Deco movement of the coming...

The 1915 sheet music for the tune “Dancing the Jelly Roll Song” by Nat Vincent and Herman Paley featured the title hand-lettered in a sans serif design strongly influenced by the Art Nouveau movement...

Junior Clerk JNL is the plain sans serif version of the lettering found on the cover of the sheet music for 1919’s “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise”. The song title was originally...

A 1940s British music collection of classical music piano pieces entitled “The Great Masters Series” had its title hand-lettered in a free form, casual sans serif with a cartoon style. This is now available...

The design for Kiddie Show JNL is based on the hand lettering for a piece of sheet music from 1946 entitled “Wee Marionettes”. While basically an Art Deco-flavored monoline typeface, it contains characters with...

According to Wiktionary, “the cat’s pajamas” was a slang phrase coined by Thomas A. Dorgan, the well-known journalist, cartoonist and sportswriter of that era. The phrase became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s,...

Early 1900s songwriters had a penchant for devising lengthy titles for their compositions. A perfect example from 1909, “It Is Hard to Kiss Your Sweetheart When the Last Kiss Means ‘Good Bye’” is a...

Kids Activities JNL is based on the hand lettering found on the covers of some 1955 Cub Scouts activity books. It’s available in both regular and oblique versions.