It seems that after the 1960s, very few display typefaces were being produced that had the desirability to transcend generations, as did many type designs of the past. In 1970, a local television station...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1912 publication “Essentials of Lettering” has an example of a hand lettered, condensed spurred serif design called “Compressed Roman”. This is now available digitally as New Thin Roman JNL in both regular and...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The free-form, Art Nouveau hand lettering on the cover of the sheet music for 1915’s “She Was All That a Pal Ought to Be” inspired Neurotic Roman JNL; available in both regular and oblique...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster from the 1940s saying “Behind the Headlines” presented the title hand-lettered in a bold, condensed slab serif. This became the model for Newsmaker JNL, available in both regular...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Based on scans of some 1906 newspaper headlines detailing the devastation of the San Francisco earthquake, Newsbreaker JNL is a modern take on vintage typography. With a few letterform characteristics somewhat reminiscent of DeVinne,...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A circa-1920s book on lettering entitled “Book of Alphabets” by Regan Publishing displayed an example of a Grotesk typeface (a popular style of sans serif of the time). This design was re-drawn digitally as...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The basic design style for Nouveau Days JNL was inspired by the hand lettering on the sheet music cover for “Linger Longer Letty”. This tongue-twisting song title comes from the 1919 musical comedy of...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A sheet music edition of an early 1900s song entitled “You Taught Me How to Love You, Now Teach Me to Forget” was hand lettered in a free-form Art Nouveau style that combined varying...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The roots of Nouveau Handlettered JNL go back to the sheet music cover for the 1917 song “(Someday) Somebody’s Gonna Get You”. This simple style of sans serif titling has the casual, imperfect charm...