The extra bold version of R. Hunter Middleton’s “Karnak” (produced in 1936 for Ludlow) served as the model for Bookkeeping JNL and is a companion to Bookkeeper JNL (the light weight version of this...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1920s were part of an era in songwriting where snappy wordplay and clever (if not long) titles prevailed. The lettering on one such piece of sheet music with the song title “In A...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Bulk Weight JNL is a stripped down version of Inline Square JNL (based on 1930s sheet music hand lettering) with the inline removed. What is left behind is a thick, bulky, ultra bold lettering...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Brush Off JNL is based on the hand-lettered title from the cover of the 1955 sheet music of “Love is A Many Splendored Thing”. The unique, artistic and somewhat eccentric letter shapes are both...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The sheet music for the title song of the 1960 movie “Exodus” had the name hand lettered in a block stencil style with rounded corners and narrow “rails” [the breaks between the stencil parts]....
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A style example found within the pages of a vintage type foundry catalog inspired Case Lot JNL. The design is a classic early 20th Century sans with chamfered corners.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Alf Becker was a talented sign writer and a prolific contributor of unique alphabets to Signs of the Times magazine. More than one hundred of his designs were showcased in monthly installments with each...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Free-flowing pen lettering of the Art Nouveau period took letter forms into interesting curves and angles. The style was embraced and revived by the 1960s counter-culture in its rock concert posters and record album...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Cattle Call JNL is reminiscent of Old West posters and broadsides. The design is based on an extra condensed antique wood type and is available in both regular and oblique versions.