The second volume of the Robbins Music Corporation’s “Hollywood Song Folio” features the word “Hollywood” lettered in a condensed block style with inline, strongly reminiscent of sports or college-themed typography. This was the inspiration...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1929 sheet music for Cole Porter’s “You Do Something to Me” (from the musical stage comedy “Fifty Million Frenchmen”) has the name of the play hand lettered in a bold sans with an...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A number of pieces of antique sheet music utilizing the same Roman typeface were the inspirational basis for Musical Score JNL. This antique design closely resembles pen lettering and its hand-made charm due to...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Brass Rail JNL is a novelty font, with its name derived from two key components of the source material. It was modeled from examples of vintage small letters stamped out of brass with “rails”...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
In the 1949 Paramount comedy “My Friend Irma” (a film based on the popular radio series that introduced America to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis), an opening gag set-up involving excavation work utilizes street...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Hand lettered Art Deco lettering for the title on the cover of the 1930s-era song “And I Still Do” provided the inspiration for Swing Era JNL. A bold, casual and friendly typeface, it features...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The design idea for Meter Room JNL comes from a vintage brass hand-cut stencil of the words “High Voltage”. What makes this stencil font a bit different than others is the placement and angle...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Classic print shop stock cuts, cartoons, embellishments and other assorted imagery are collected within Letterpress Nostalgics JNL to add “a bit of yesterday” to your print or online projects.