font_category: decorative

Sheet music for the song “Today I Feel So Happy” from the 1932 motion picture “Sunshine Susie” provided both the visual model and the name for Sunshine Susie JNL, available in both regular and...

A hand-cut antique brass stencil for marking barrel tops of dill pickles was the source of inspiration for Surface Stencil JNL, available in both regular and oblique versions.

Named for a Manhattan neighborhood, Sutton Place JNL is based on a 1930s-era poster advertising training in the “Household Arts” that was produced by the Federal Art Project in Ohio; a segment of the...

Take Charge JNL is based on the opening title card for the 1936 film “The Charge of the Light Brigade” starring Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland, Donald Crisp and David Niven. The typeface...

Syndication JNL was derived from Outline Sans JNL. By removing the outer letters, a thinner character set remained. This typeface is available in both regular and oblique versions.

A 1930s hand-lettered poster for the play “The Cradle Will Rock”, put on by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) Federal Theater Project is the source material for Talent Show JNL; available in both regular...

Tanker Stencil JNL is a sans serif design based on a vintage hand-punched brass marking stencil for oil barrels.

A vintage hand-punched brass stencil for the Pasadena Playhouse spotted online was the basis for Theatrical Stencil JNL. Slight variations in the letter forms from other similar designs might not quickly be noticed, but...

The hand lettered thin, variable width slab serif text appearing on the cover of a souvenir photo book for the 1933 Chicago World’s Fair Exposition is the basis for Thinly Disguised JNL.

The cover of the 1943 sheet music for the song “Jeannie” offered up a hand lettered monoline Deco sans with varying width letterforms. From this design comes the aptly-named Thin Line Deco JNL.