The sheet music for the 1917 song “Wake Up Virginia (and Prepare for Your Wedding Day)” features a hand lettered title in a sans serif Art Nouveau design with stencil influences. This was the...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Based on the sheet music title lettering for Al Jolson’s 1920 song “Grieving for You”, the casual style of Nouveau Work JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Nouveau To Go JNL is the digital version of the hand lettered title found on the 1915 sheet music for the song “Don’t Bite the Hand That’s Feeding You”, and is available in both...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sheet music for 1907’s “Just A Little Fond Affection” had the song title hand lettered in a simple sans serif design with influences from the then-current Art Nouveau movement. This is now available as...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Oceanfront Property JNL was modeled from the hand lettered title on the cover of the 1932 sheet music for “There’s Oceans of Love by the Beautiful Sea”. A simple sans, it still reflects the...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Old Bodoni Wide JNL is based on examples of this classic Bodoni design and contains the quirks and imperfections one might find within a wood type font.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Oil Painting JNL is a casual and condensed hand-lettered sans serif design based on a vintage WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster advertising an oil painting exhibition by renowned artists of the time.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The sheet music for “Dancing Butterfly” had the title of the 1929 composition hand lettered in what can be only described as an odd hybrid of letters with an Art Nouveau stencil influence. This...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Hand lettering of the song title on the 1914 sheet music for “Dear Old Girl” was the working model for Old Songs JNL. A condensed Roman typeface available in both regular and oblique versions,...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Old Labels JNL was inspired by the red and white gummed labels that were used for shipping parcels long before self-adhesive materials and desktop publishing rendered the older labels obsolete. The fifty-two glyphs include...