font_designer: Jeff Levine

Dance Routine

Dance Routine font

The hand lettered title on the cover of the 1932 sheet music for “I Wish We Could Dance Forever” was the inspiration for Dance Routine JNL. This bold Art Deco sans serif design is...

Chinese Song JNL

Chinese Song JNL font

The unusual hand lettering found on the 1945 sheet music for “Chinese Song” provided not only the design inspiration but the font’s name as well. A hybrid of Asian and Art Deco influences, Chinese...

Fine Food

Fine Food font

A 1942 photograph showing the exterior of the famous Hollywood restaurant Sardi’s and it’s unusually lettered sign was the inspiration for Fine Food JNL. Classically Art Deco, the Sardi’s sign had an ‘S’ looking...

Casual Deco JNL

Casual Deco JNL font

The hand lettered sans serif title on the1931 sheet music for “(Potatoes are Cheaper-Tomatoes are Cheaper) Now’s the Time to Fall in Love” presented another opportunity to create a typeface from the wealth of...

Maitre d Stencil JNL

Maitre d Stencil JNL font

Maître d’ Stencil JNL is based on an alphabet example found in the 1949 French lettering book “Album de Lettres Arti”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Allerton

Allerton font

Presenting a condensed Art Deco sans serif font with rounded corners and squared inner lines, based on the hand lettered title on the cover of the sheet music for 1944’s “Just A Little Fond...

Nouveau Moon JNL

Nouveau Moon JNL font

The 1911 sheet music for “A Hot Time In Monkeytown” is an example of Art Nouveau hand lettering that could not be ignored as a typographic design source. The end result is Nouveau Moon...

Inline Retro JNL

Inline Retro JNL font

Inline Retro JNL is Art Deco in style, featuring condensed characters and its namesake inline. While not a true revival of a vintage design, the same influences are utilized throughout the font to give...

Nouveau Rose

Nouveau Rose font

In the July 24, 1915 issue of “Dry Goods Reporter” is a demonstration of hand lettering rendered with the use of a “speed pen”. Two suggested examples cited in the accompanying article were the...

Ornate Deco

Ornate Deco font

Ornate Deco JNL is a thick-and-thin Art Deco serif typeface with diamond shapes inside the thicker parts of the characters. It is based on an alphabet example found in the 1949 French lettering book...