Maryland JNL
The 1913 sheet music for “There’s A Girl in the Heart of Maryland (with a Heart That Belongs to Me)” may have had no shortage of words in the title – fifteen to be...
font_designer: Jeff Levine
Words And Music JNL
The 1934 sheet music for “I’ll String Along with You” from the Dick Powell-Ginger Rogers musical “20 Million Sweethearts” yielded the charming Deco monoline design for Words and Music JNL.
Tea Time JNL
Tea Time JNL was inspired by the hand lettering on the 1931 sheet music for “When I Take My Sugar to Tea”.
Charmer JNL
Found on the back of some sheet music to promote another song was the hand-lettered title “The Snake Charmer”. While not everyone likes snakes, many designers do like the lettering of the Art Deco...
Delancey JNL
Inline lettering from a vintage piece of sheet music inspired Delancey JNL, an Art Deco-flavored design.
Newsreel Caps JNL
Newsreel Caps JNL is a novelty caps-only outline letter with cast shadow set inside film frames. Although the design idea itself is not new, this version is based on lettering from a vintage piece...
Tin Pan Alley JNL
According to Wikipedia, Tin Pan Alley is the name given to the collection of New York City music publishers and songwriters who dominated the popular music of the United States in the late 19th...
Pleasant Valley Sundae JNL
It seems only fitting that Pleasant Valley Sundae JNL, a typeface re-drawn from hand lettering on a piece of vintage sheet music, should take its name as a pun on another song’s title from...
Pencil Pusher JNL
The unusual hand lettering found on a piece of 1940s sheet music forms the basis for Pencil Pusher JNL.
Opa-locka JNL
Opa-locka JNL is named for a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida and is based on an Art Nouveau-era bit of hand lettering found on vintage sheet music. Legendary aviation pioneer Glenn Curtiss (who successfully...