font_category: decorative
Airliner JNL
Airliner JNL is based on hand-lettering found on a promotional postcard for Kitty Davis’ Airliner – a popular Miami Beach night spot of the 1940s. All of the usual things that make hand-lettering endearing...
Bayview JNL
Around the turn of the 20th Century, the Inland Type Foundry produced a display face named Studley. It was a variation on a design by another foundry called Florentine. A condensed face with a...
Confirmation JNL
An old set of brass stencils spotted for sale on eBay were the inspiration for this font from Jeff Levine. Redrawn completely from scratch, Jeff retained the narrow “M” and angled corners found in...
Metalet Modern JNL
Metalet Modern JNL was based on the letters found within the Metalet Movie Titling Set manufactured by the Modern Display Advertising Company of Hollywood, California circa the 1940s. Each stamped metal letter would be...
Apricot
A. R. Bosco made Romany for ATF in 1934, when there was much demand for script types in advertising and publishing. It was the high times of Speedball lettering, and a casual script in...
Leona
Leona is a handwritten script, that has been tweaked here and there to make it more smooth.
Bryant Pro
Long since replaced by computers, the mechanical lettering kits used by draftsmen and amateur sign makers served as the inspiration for the Bryant family of typefaces.