font_designer: Jeff Levine

Abi Nouveau JNL

Abi Nouveau JNL font

Inspired by the images on some EBay auctions, Jeff Levine sketched out and revived this early 1900s serif design used on some French sign letters. Named for a friend in the graphics industry, this...

Screenplay JNL

Screenplay JNL font

Screenplay JNL was modeled from the signage seen in an old photo of the RKO movie studios building circa the 1930s. This multi-line lettering is so classic of the Art Deco period. For best...

Art Student JNL

Art Student JNL font

Art Student JNL is a limited character set font inspired by hand lettering found on the box for a learn-to-draw set from the 1950s.

Mondawmin JNL

Mondawmin JNL font

Here’s yet another stencil font based on a vintage source, and part of Jeff Levine’s extensive library of stencil typefaces.

Desk Drawer JNL

Desk Drawer JNL font

Desk Drawer JNL is a collection of twenty-six images representing the kinds of small items lying around inside a desk at any given time… From a thumbtack to a spring clip… from a postage...

Sign Painter JNL

Sign Painter JNL font

A sales catalog sheet from the American Decalcomania Company circa the late 1940s-early 1950s provided some hand lettering that served as the inspiration for Sign Painter JNL. Emulating the look of characters made with...

Spring Fashion JNL

Spring Fashion JNL font

Spring Fashion JNL was modeled after an example of hand lettering from an old book displayed on an online auction. Rendered in lower case only with basic punctuation, this type design was made specifically...

Ramshackle JNL

Ramshackle JNL font

Ramshackle JNL was modeled from a 1940s lettering stencil and takes its place amongst the many vintage stencil font designs redrawn by Jeff Levine.

Trade Journal JNL

Trade Journal JNL font

Trade Journal JNL and its oblique counterpart are derived from a classic grotesk sans face from the 1800s. Despite the ‘Grotesk’ style name, the font design is actually quite pleasing to the eye and...

Crestview Six JNL

Crestview Six JNL font

The hand lettering found on a small catalog sheet for decorative decals from the 1930s-1940s era was the perfect source material for Crestview Six JNL. Handmade typefaces or signage from past decades offer a...