Mystic East JNL
The cast credits for the 1954 film “Hell’s Half Acre” (Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes and Elsa Lanchester) provided the basis for Mystic East JNL.
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National Parks JNL
National Parks JNL was based on a 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster where the word “National Parks” was hand lettered in an unusual and eclectic Art Deco style. Bold and non-conformist, the typeface...
News Crew JNL
It seems that after the 1960s, very few display typefaces were being produced that had the desirability to transcend generations, as did many type designs of the past. In 1970, a local television station...
Newsmaker JNL
A WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster from the 1940s saying “Behind the Headlines” presented the title hand-lettered in a bold, condensed slab serif. This became the model for Newsmaker JNL, available in both regular...
Newsbreaker JNL
Based on scans of some 1906 newspaper headlines detailing the devastation of the San Francisco earthquake, Newsbreaker JNL is a modern take on vintage typography. With a few letterform characteristics somewhat reminiscent of DeVinne,...
Nouveau Artiste JNL
A sheet music edition of an early 1900s song entitled “You Taught Me How to Love You, Now Teach Me to Forget” was hand lettered in a free-form Art Nouveau style that combined varying...
Nouveau Days JNL
The basic design style for Nouveau Days JNL was inspired by the hand lettering on the sheet music cover for “Linger Longer Letty”. This tongue-twisting song title comes from the 1919 musical comedy of...
Nouveau Handlettered JNL
The roots of Nouveau Handlettered JNL go back to the sheet music cover for the 1917 song “(Someday) Somebody’s Gonna Get You”. This simple style of sans serif titling has the casual, imperfect charm...
Nouveau Lettering JNL
A 1916 lettering book provided an example of a slab serif alphabet with Art Nouveau influence designed by Thomas Wood Stevens. This alphabet served as the model for Nouveau Lettering JNL, which is available...
Nouveau Hippie JNL
The cover of the 1907 sheet music for “I’d Rather Twostep Than Waltz, Bill” was hand lettered in an Art Nouveau sans serif alphabet. During the hippie counter-culture movement of the 1960s, rock posters,...