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
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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
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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
Monthly Calendar JNL is a companion font to Calendar Blocks JNL, and features classic wood type lettering and numerals from the 1800s. A set of large numbers are on their own keys, while the...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Rice Bowl JNL is an Oriental-style typeface with a decidedly casual appearance – foregoing traditional structure for that of the look of hand-lettering.
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Templit JNL is one of a number of fonts modeled from actual lettering stencils by Jeff Levine. This one takes its style from a set of individual letters and numbers used for marking and...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Handbill JNL takes the type design from Broadletter JNL and gives it an open drop shadow treatment to emulate a popular style of many wooden typefaces from the 1800s.