The beautiful hand lettering on the sheet music cover for Will R. Anderson’s “Good Night Dear” (circa 1908) features quaint, semi-calligraphic lettering in the Art Nouveau Style. The song itself was popularized by Billie...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sheet music for another one of those songs from the early part of the 20th Century with a wonderfully wordy hand lettered title was the model for the Art Nouveau flavored Go Home JNL,...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Graduating Class JNL was inspired by the hand lettered titles found on a 1934 high school yearbook from Richmond Hill, NY called “The Senior Dome”. This Art Deco era type design is available in...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Hand Cut Stencil JNL is a condensed Roman typeface modeled from an antique tin stencil hand cut for shipping merchandise. The design is available in regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Hand lettered titling on the 1945 sheet music for “Don’t Forget To-Night, To-Morrow” is in a simple, condensed sans serif style with a slight hint of Art Deco influence. This is now available as...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
An example of Art Nouveau lettering (complete with its unusual characters and varying shape widths) was found in a sample from the vintage publication “Modeles de Lettres Artistiques” (“Models of Artistic Letters”). This classic...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A photo from Gene Gable (a regular contributor of ideas to Jeff Levine Fonts) shows the vintage signage for the Lasher Hatchery in a slightly different take on the classic Art Deco solid letter...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Hand-lettered stencil lettering on the movie poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1955 dark comedy-thriller “The Trouble with Harry” inspired Hitchcock Stencil JNL; named in honor of the great master of suspense cinema.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
What does a 1932 movie about a love affair between a circus’ trapeze artist and a sideshow “little person” have to do with the 1960s counter-culture? They both share some commonalities. The title card...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Vintage packaging [circa 1940s] for a sewing machine attachment used for making lattice-type stitching had its information hand lettered in a casual Art Deco sans serif design. This became the basis of Home Economics...