A large assortment of stencil lettering guides made in the 1940’s, 1950’s and 1960’s have been a treasure trove of wonderful “lost” stencil type designs. Schoolmarm JNL continues this series by font designer Jeff...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sign Artist JNL is a casual typeface, emulating the hand-lettered look of show card and sign lettering. Created by Jeff Levine from lettering seen on some 1940’s packaging, the slightly irregular letter stroke widths...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Printed Letters JNL is from stamped impressions made by a children’s sign making set by the Superior Marking Equipment Company of Chicago – circa the 1940’s. The set consisted of individually mounted rubber stamps...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 19, 2024
Bouwsma Script, based on Philip Bouwsma’s own handwriting, was originally released in 1994 and settled for nothing less than being an instant classic. One of Bouwsma’s widely used works in the 1990s, Bouwsma Script...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A popular hobby in the 1950s and 1960s was creating your own wallets, belts and other items from leather do-it-yourself kits. Stamped or carved initials, names or phrases were often added to the leather...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Stenson JNL is another “lost” stencil typeface, re-drawn from punches made by a commercial stencil machine as used in rubber stamp shops and industrial warehouses.
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Western Adventure JNL is based on a classic lettering stencil of the 1950s. Part of a growing series of such stencil fonts by Jeff Levine, it’s a perfect complement to Buckdance JNL.