font_category: decorative

Roman Stencil JNL

Roman Stencil JNL font

Roman Stencil JNL is a condensed version of the classic Roman typeface found on many vintage hand-punched brass stencils made for packing and shipping merchandise. This digital interpretation is available in both regular and...

Riverside JNL

Riverside JNL font

The Art Deco design of Riverside JNL was based on the hand lettered title found on the 1932 sheet music for “By the River Sainte Marie”, and is available in both regular and oblique...

Ritz Slab Serif JNL

Ritz Slab Serif JNL font

Ritz Slab Serif JNL is a bold display face which shares a lot of similar design traits to Stymie and other similar metal type of the 1930s and 1940s, but in actuality was modeled...

Romance Roman JNL

Romance Roman JNL font

The antique sheet music for the 1915 song “A Girl in Your Arms is Worth Two in Your Dreams” had its title hand lettered in a Roman typeface that reflected ever so slightly the...

Sanitation JNL

Sanitation JNL font

Sanitation JNL is a bold Art Deco sans design inspired by some stylized hand lettering on a 1930s-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster and is available in both regular and oblique versions. The topic...

Sandwich Shop JNL

Sandwich Shop JNL font

A 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster promoting national parks depicts Native Americans overlooking the land with the tag line “his hunting ground of yesterday”. The hand lettering of that text is reminiscent of...

Scandals JNL

Scandals JNL font

Scandals JNL is free-form hand lettering with an Art Nouveau influence showing up on a 1928 piece of sheet music for the song “American Tune”, and is based on the cover text noting the...

Schoolyard Stencil JNL

Schoolyard Stencil JNL font

A vintage lettering stencil manufactured by the E-Z Letter Stencil Company of Baltimore, Maryland was the model for Schoolyard Stencil JNL, available in both regular and oblique versions. Re-drawn digitally and following the actual...

Schoolyard Blues JNL

Schoolyard Blues JNL font

Schoolyard Blues JNL is based on the hand lettered title found on the sheet music for the 1938 song “I Was Late for School”. A condensed sans serif with chamfered corners, it reflects the...

Second Guess JNL

Second Guess JNL font

The cover of the 1934 sheet music for “Your Guess Is Just as Good as Mine” offers up another hand lettered Art Deco sans with a classic period look. The square-ish lettering with rounded...