font_category: decorative

Clarified JNL

Clarified JNL font

Based on William H. Page’s Clarendon Extended wood type from the 1800s, Clarified JNL is digitally available in both regular and oblique versions.In the days of wood and metal type, foundries often made changes...

Poster Project JNL

Poster Project JNL font

An online image of a grid page [circa 1930s] showing teachers how they and their students could create cut-out letters and numbers inspired Poster Project JNL. The typeface is available in both regular and...

Wood Gothic JNL

Wood Gothic JNL font

One of the classic designs of the wood type era is Hamilton Gothic Bold [from the Hamilton Wood Type Foundry circa 1889]. Clean and timeless, it even had found a resurgence during the rock...

Sandalwood JNL

Sandalwood JNL font

An example of an antique sans serif wood type displayed in Rob Roy Kelly’s “American Wood Type” was the working model for Sandalwood JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Roundwood JNL

Roundwood JNL font

The antique wood type Gothic Tuscan [a spurred design with rounded terminals] was the basis for Roundwood JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Table Wood JNL

Table Wood JNL font

Concave Tuscan Extra Condensed is a classic wood type sans serif design that is the basis for Table Wood JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Dance Moderne JNL

Dance Moderne JNL font

A small book entitled “Portfolio of Alphabet Designs for Artists, Architects, Designers & Craftsmen” [published in 1938 by Irene K. Ames] contained a number of pages displaying hand lettered alphabet examples.One sample in particular...

Slabserif Grotesk JNL

Slabserif Grotesk JNL font

Slabserif Grotesk JNL was modeled from an example of a wood type design called Antique Light Face, and is available in both regular and oblique versions. The numerals (although an odd fit to the...

School Activities JNL

School Activities JNL font

An image spotted in an online auction online of a 1940 Milton Bradley child’s activity set consisting of wooden letters formed the basis for School Activities JNL, which is available in both regular and...

Alderman JNL

Alderman JNL font

Alderman JNL is a wide slab serif typeface based on the classic wood type Antique Light Face Extended, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.