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The 1946 foreign publication entitled “100 Alphabets Publicitaires” (“100 Advertising Alphabets”) collects a number of interesting and attractive lettering samples for design inspiration. One such example is Asian-inspired and was re-drawn as the…
The Art Nouveau hand lettering on the sheet music for 1915’s “I’m Glad It was Only A Dream” served as the inspiration for Melodie Nouveau JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique...
Before ink jet and laser printers; before copy machines, the main way to make multiples of anything not provided by printing press was by a mimeograph machine or spirit duplicator. The mimeograph utilized a...
Midnite Movie JNL was inspired by the hand lettered title credits from the 1961 Hammer Pictures film “Curse of the Werewolf” and is available in both regular and oblique versions.
Alf Becker was a master sign painter and lettering stylist who created well over 100 alphabets for a monthly feature in the trade magazine “Sign of the Times” during the 1930s and 1940s. Thanks...
A 1967 ad for Aurora “Monster Scenes Custom Builder Kits” featured the drippy, gooey hand lettering long associated with science fiction and horror movies. The letters in the ad were auto-scanned and additional characters...
The 1939 French publication “Modèles de lettres modernes par Georges Léculier” ( “Models of Modern Letters by Léculier”) presented some unique and stylized type designs with Art Deco influence. One such example is an...
The simple, hand lettered sans serif title on the 1935 sheet music for “Campus Moon” was the design model for Moonlit Night JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.
The 1934 French publication L’Art du Tracé Rationnel de la Lettre is a vintage guide book on lettering chock full of interesting alphabets that have been an ongoing source of digital type revivals from...
Another variant to the ever-popular Art Deco sans lettering with solid centers (no counters) was found in the hand-lettered title on the cover of the 1933 song “There’s A Ring around the Moon”. This...