font_designer: Jeff Levine

Miss Rhythm JNL

Miss Rhythm JNL font

An early 1960s hand-lettered trade publication ad for an upcoming single 45 rpm release inspired the type design of Miss Rhythm JNL. The nickname of “Miss Rhythm” was given to Ruth Brown because of...

Recreation JNL

Recreation JNL font

Recreation JNL is Jeff Levine’s own take on a popular vintage typeface from the late 50s or early 60s that’s seen a resurgence in recent years. While the basic alphabet is somewhat modeled from...

Salad Bar JNL

Salad Bar JNL font

Hand-cut wooden letters belonging to a long-defunct salad bar’s signage were offered for sale in an online auction. The casual look of the lettering, the hand crafted feel and the rounded ends made for...

Afterthought JNL

Afterthought JNL font

Afterthought JNL is a light, bouncy and playful typeface . Perfect for any project that exudes a fun or casual theme.

Eckhardt Poster Board JNL

Eckhardt Poster Board JNL font

Eckhardt Poster Board JNL further continues Jeff Levine’s series of sign painter-oriented fonts, named in honor of his good friend Albert Eckhardt, Jr. (who ran Allied signs in Miami, Florida from 1959 until his...

Generic Gothic JNL

Generic Gothic JNL font

Generic Gothic JNL is a straightforward interpretation of the classic typeface Franklin Gothic Condensed, modeled from a sheet of self-adhesive vinyl letters and numbers.

Sales Slip JNL

Sales Slip JNL font

Sales Slip JNL is derived from the core lettering of Sales Book JNL, an outline font with a cast shadow; modeled from wood type examples found in an old printer’s supply catalog.

Stuffed Shirt JNL

Stuffed Shirt JNL font

Stuffed Shirt JNL acquires its name from a term popularized during the years when the Art Deco period flourished. The Great Depression further widened the gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have nots’. Occasionally,...

Tin Lizzie JNL

Tin Lizzie JNL font

One of the most unusual sets of antique stencils spotted for sale online comprises a set of twenty-four classic logos of early 20th Century automobile companies. For whatever purpose that is now lost to...

Sales Book JNL

Sales Book JNL font

Sales Book JNL was recreated from sample letters found in the wood type section of an old printer’s supply catalog.