The opening title card for 1940’s “Two Girls on Broadway” was the basis for Ticket Booth JNL. A typical Art Deco typeface, its features include a squared letter shape with rounded corners and a...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Titling Stencil JNL is an extra bold stencil treatment of R. Hunter Middleton’s ‘Karnak’ (produced in 1936 for Ludlow) and is a companion font to both Bookkeeping JNL and Bookkeeper JNL (a lightweight version...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1955 British edition of the sheet music for Frank Sinatra’s hit “I’m Walking Behind You” had its title hand lettered in a sans serif design straight out of the Art Deco era. This...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The hand lettered title found on the sheet music for 1938’s “So Help Me (If I Don’t Love You)” was the basis for Totally Deco JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
1920s-era sheet music for “Tangos Pour Manon” from Brussels, Belgium had the title hand lettered in an unusual style. The alphabet was square, had serifs and the thick-and-thin stroke weights that were more popular...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A 1940s-era book from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers entitled “Topographic Drafting” features a page for “lettering construction and spacing” in the process of map making. The letters and numbers were formed on...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Tourist Spot JNL is the same lettering style as Old Tijuana JNL, but with the squiggly inside lines stripped away. The original design was modeled from the hand lettered title on the cover of...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
During the heydey of automobile travel hundreds of motels, motor courts and tourist cabins sprung up along the roadways in order to offer weary drivers (and most often their families) rest with a night’s...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
For decades, cereal companies have included premiums [promotional gifts] inside their packages, printed on the cartons or to send for with a special coupon and redemption instructions. During the 1940s, Pep cereal [a long-discontinued...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A vintage set of die-cut letters and number by Village Toys (circa 1930s or 1940s) featured a playful, bold serif typeface. This is now available digitally as Toy Letters JNL, in both regular and...