font_category: decorative

Spur Handlettered JNL

Spur Handlettered JNL font

The spurred serif style of Roman lettering has long been a favorite of sign painters and show card writers. Spur Handlettered JNL from Jeff Levine gives this classic design an ultra-casual look, complete with...

Squarity JNL

Squarity JNL font

Squarity JNL is an ultra-bold font derived from Jeff Levine’s Yorso Square JNL. Use the font at large point sizes to emphasize messages with power, punch, strength or toughness.

MVB Gryphius

MVB Gryphius font

MVB Gryphius is a digitization of uncommon type from an era normally associated with the work of Nicolas Jenson. Produced by Otto Trace, the fonts come from types used by Sebastian Gryphius in Lyon...

MVB Chanson d’Amour

MVB Chanson d’Amour font

An old book found at a Paris bouquiniste contained samples of the typeface “Caractère de finance,” a bâtarde design by 18th century typefounder Pierre Simon Fournier. Rather than revive the type, Kanna Aoki decided...

Isara

Isara font

Isara is a rough script written with a flat-nibbed marker, scanned and then carefully digitized to keep that spontaneous feeling.

Paula

Paula font

Paula is a non-joining rough brush script with traces of the brush’s backstroke that give it that typical look. Paula is an open script with very good readability.

Boat Decals JNL

Boat Decals JNL font

The simple, square-shaped font that is Boat Decals JNL was loosely based on water-applied decals made by the Duro Decal Company (now Duro Art Industries) of Chicago, Illinois.

Farragut JNL

Farragut JNL font

An unusual take on Art Deco “streamlined” alphabets is found in Farragut JNL from Jeff Levine. Over-extended serifs on some letters and elongated horizontal strokes on others make for a new approach to a...

Hollenbeck JNL

Hollenbeck JNL font

Hollenbeck JNL is the Art Deco, all-caps cousin of Jeff Levine’s Hallandale JNL typeface. This version utilizes the thick-and-thin stroke weights so popular during the Art Deco era, while retaining the look of hand-lettered...

MVB Cafe Mimi

MVB Cafe Mimi font

Kanna Aoki was designing fabrics and dishware for several major manufacturers when she designed MVB Cafe Mimi. The design came from a few words Aoki painted as decoration for a set of cappuccino cups....