font_designer: Jeff Levine

Eckhardt Casual JNL

Eckhardt Casual JNL font

Eckhardt Casual JNL was modeled from an example of poster lettering found in a 1941 Speedball® Lettering Pen instruction book. The font is named in honor of Jeff Levine’s good friend, the late Albert...

Big Band JNL

Big Band JNL font

Big Band JNL is a classic Art Deco typeface in every sense of the word. Large, bold and innovative in its sectional construction, the font is based on a lettering example found in a...

Brushmark JNL

Brushmark JNL font

A 1940s edition of the Speedball® Lettering Pen instruction book yielded the design that Brushmark JNL is based on. This lettering also lends itself to projects with tropical or jungle themes.

Nightowl JNL

Nightowl JNL font

Nightowl JNL is a headline font encased in rectangles inspired by an Art Deco hand-lettered alphabet found in a 1941 edition of the Speedball® Lettering Pen instruction book. There is only a basic character...

Vertical Roundpoint JNL

Vertical Roundpoint JNL font

Vertical Roundpoint JNL is one of a number of classic hand-lettered typefaces found in a 1941 edition of the Speedball® Lettering Pen instruction book and re-drawn digitally by Jeff Levine.

Gummed Alphabet JNL

Gummed Alphabet JNL font

Gummed Alphabet JNL was modeled from a 1960s-era package of foil embossed gummed letters. This type of lettering device was sold through stationery, variety stores and similar merchants, and could be used for personalizing...

Handmade Gothic JNL

Handmade Gothic JNL font

Handmade Gothic JNL is one of many typefaces inspired by lettering samples in a 1941 Speedball® Lettering Pen instructional booklet. The bold, Deco-style sans is perfect for many attention-getting headlines and titles.

Handmade Roman JNL

Handmade Roman JNL font

Handmade Roman JNL is a simple and clean serif design. Perfect for headlines or titles, this condensed serif font gets attention without being overly formal.

School Desk JNL

School Desk JNL font

School Desk JNL is a block-style sanserif based on die-cut cardboard letters used in classrooms during the 1940s and 1950s for making various projects and teaching children the basic shapes of letters.

Sign Department JNL

Sign Department JNL font

For decades – until the advent of affordable computer-generated signage – die-cut display letters were used for many applications. Stores, theaters, schools, charities and religious organizations would have their local sign shop design attractive…