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...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A little bit of thick-and-thin Art Deco hand lettering is offered up in Wonderful JNL, based on some promotional text found on an old piece of sheet music.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
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...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
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...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
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...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
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...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
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...