Anecdote JNL gives a serif treatment to Haute Couture JNL, which in turn was modeled after die-cut cardboard letters and numbers used for displays, signs and show cards.
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A set of old die-cut cardboard letters and numbers used by teachers directly on bulletin boards or for tracing was the inspiration for Classroom JNL. In turn, these letters take their cue from typefaces...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Koehler Sans JNL was inspired by a set of cardboard sign kit letters made by the Koehler Sign Company of Missouri (presumably) in the late 1940s or early 1950s. Not much is known about...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Stencilvania JNL is one of the growing number of stencil fonts based on original source material by Jeff Levine. In this case, a “solid letter” stencil from years ago was modified to give it...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Art Deco and Western styles fuse into one design in Bootspur JNL. A rounded A,M,N and W along with the Art Deco curvature found in the K,R,X and Y set Bootspur JNL apart from...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
In 1948, Joseph Struhl pioneered an innovative do-it-yourself sign kit for retail merchants. Die-cut letters and numbers made from flexible sheets of vinyl with the ability to adhere to smooth surfaces by static electricity;...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Eckhardt Signwork JNL was inspired by visual images collected by two great nostalgia sites: www.forgotten-ny.com and www.norelevance.com. The vintage signage photographed and saved for posterity on both sites reflect an age when hand-crafted work…