Running Board JNL
During the early years of the 20th Century, America’s fascination with automobiles was just beginning. The cover for a 1916 piece of sheet music for the comedy song “On the Old Back Seat of...
font_designer: Jeff Levine
Sanitation JNL
Sanitation JNL is a bold Art Deco sans design inspired by some stylized hand lettering on a 1930s-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster and is available in both regular and oblique versions. The topic...
Sandwich Shop JNL
A 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster promoting national parks depicts Native Americans overlooking the land with the tag line “his hunting ground of yesterday”. The hand lettering of that text is reminiscent of...
School Project JNL
A set of self-adhesive poster board letters once made by the E-Z Letter Stencil Company and sold under the name “Quik Stik” was the model for School Project JNL. Ironically, the line was discontinued...
Scandals JNL
Scandals JNL is free-form hand lettering with an Art Nouveau influence showing up on a 1928 piece of sheet music for the song “American Tune”, and is based on the cover text noting the...
Saw Mill Stencil JNL
A vintage metal stencil from a saw mill with the term “reusable skid” was the model for Saw Mill Stencil JNL. Although the original was what would be termed a semi-stencil (some letters did...
Schoolyard Stencil JNL
A vintage lettering stencil manufactured by the E-Z Letter Stencil Company of Baltimore, Maryland was the model for Schoolyard Stencil JNL, available in both regular and oblique versions. Re-drawn digitally and following the actual...
Schoolyard Blues JNL
Schoolyard Blues JNL is based on the hand lettered title found on the sheet music for the 1938 song “I Was Late for School”. A condensed sans serif with chamfered corners, it reflects the...
Second Guess JNL
The cover of the 1934 sheet music for “Your Guess Is Just as Good as Mine” offers up another hand lettered Art Deco sans with a classic period look. The square-ish lettering with rounded...
Sea Gate JNL
Sea Gate JNL is a hybrid font creation based in part on a 1930s-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster and the addition of slab serifs as well as a few modifications to some of...