First Responder JNL is a back slanted version of Catalog JNL, and is intended to be used for graphics on police and fire vehicles to emulate “forward” movement, which is a popular theme on...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The lettering for Fine Dining JNL was inspired by the opening titles for the 1940 Barbara Stanwyck-Fred MacMurray film “Remember the Night”. A stylized Art Deco sans, the typeface conjures up images of elegant...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Flirtation Walk JNL was inspired by the lettering on the covers of sheet music for songs taken from the 1934 Dick Powell-Ruby Keeler movie “Flirtation Walk”. The typeface features some stylized characters as well...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Franklin Stencil JNL is based on the classic and perennial workhorse design of Franklin Gothic Condensed and is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A vintage Canadian-published music book circa the 1940s had the title “Strauss Waltzes” hand lettered in a bold Art Deco sans serif that featured block style letters with rounded corners. This was the working...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
French Calligraphic JNL is actually more semi-calligraphic in nature. Its name takes a descriptive liberty because of the sharp, angled pen strokes of the original hand lettered example found in the 1930s publication “100...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1930s French publication L’Art du Tracé Rationnel de la Lettre was a treasure trove of font revival ideas from the Art Deco era. One example featured a serif typeface with a number of...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Frantic Pace JNL is based on hand lettering found on the lid of a late 1950s or early 1960s edition of the Print Craft alphabet printing set once manufactured by the Superior Marking Equipment...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
An example from the vintage lettering book “100 Alphabets Publicitaire” (“100 Advertising Alphabets”) provided the inspiration for French Lettering JNL. This stylized Victorian [or Western] type face evokes the era of fanciful lettering design...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
An Art Deco geometric alphabet found within the pages of the 1939 French lettering book “Modèles de lettres modernes par Georges Léculier” (“Models of Modern Letters by Georges Léculier”) is the basis for French...