Last Date JNL
A typographic conundrum presented itself with the hand lettered title on the cover of the 1919 song “I Am Always Building Castles in the Air”. The capitalized portion [“Castles in the Air”] was a...
font_designer: Jeff Levine
Lettering Project JNL
Lettering Project JNL was based on one of the many templates made by the Wood-Regan Instrument Company (also known as Wrico). Their sign making kits allowed anyone using the templates, special ink pens and...
Legal Eagle JNL
The lettering on the cover of the sheet music for 1919’s “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise” was set in a decorative sans serif with an engraved line adorning each character. Reminiscent of...
Limited Appeal JNL
The cover of a 1950s-era catalog for the Freedman Novelty Company (of San Francisco California) had the word “Novelty” hand-lettered in an unusually angular type style against various geometric shapes somewhat resembling balloons. While...
Light Line Deco JNL
The unusual, thin line hand lettering on the cover of the sheet music for 1936’s “If You Love Me” was the basis for Light Line Deco JNL, which is available in both regular and...
Library Book Initials JNL
Library Book Initials JNL was modeled from examples of Sidney Gaunt’s Publicity Initials; originally sold in metal type by Barnhart Brothers and Spindler as a companion to the Publicity Gothic typeface. The smoothed-down lines...
Location JNL
The lettering style of Location JNL is based on sets of “vintage” metal house identification letters and numbers seen for sale online. As these sets are available from overseas sources, it’s not clear whether...
Lumberyard Stencil JNL
Lumberyard Stencil JNL was inspired by the image of an antique brass stencil that was probably used for marking various wood products by a lumber company. It’s available in both regular and oblique versions.
Manual Typewriter JNL
Manual Typewriter JNL was modeled from an example of the 1933 design originally created by Morris Fuller Benton, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.
Main Feature JNL
Main Feature JNL is patterned after the plastic letters found on theater marquees. As an extra bonus, the | (bar) key has the phrase “double feature”, the ^ (ascii circumflex) has the word “and”...