font_designer: Jeff Levine

Before typography had ‘rules’, lettering artists set down designs that have endured as classics. A perfect example is Brenham JNL, which was modeled after an antique wood type. The extra elongation of some characters,...

Gilbert JNL is an interpretation of Eric Gill’s classic sanserif typeface, which has become an all-purpose workhorse in ad copy. While other versions of gill-sans fonts have multiple weight sets, Jeff Levine chose to...

Hayfork JNL is based on a vintage wood type sanserif typeface from the 1880’s. A font of similar design is Eckhardt Poster Display, which was modeled from a 1920’s sign painter’s handbook; no doubt...

Inline Lettering JNL was directly inspired by the opening title of a classic 1940s horror film, “The Invisible Man’s Revenge”.

Adhesive Letters JNL was drawn from sample letters and numbers once manufactured by the Tablet and Ticket Company of Chicago. Originally sold under the brand name of Willson’s, these gummed letters were available in...

Beat Poet JNL is a throwback to the late 50s and early 60s when Beatniks hung out at coffee houses to listen to poetry and folk songs and live the Bohemian lifestyle of the...

Fincastle Sans JNL is an all-caps titling font in both regular and oblique versions. It’s clean, legible monoline design complements any layout from ad copy to personal stationery.

Stencil Octoid JNL was inspired by a set of twelve inch tall stencil letters and numbers made by Duro Art Industries in Chicago. The bold type style with angled rather than rounded corners gives...