font_designer: Jeff Levine

Brattleboro Stencil JNL

Brattleboro Stencil JNL font

The inspiration for Brattleboro Stencil JNL was found within a reproduction of a sales catalog for stencil punch dies manufactured by S.M. Spencer & Co. (originally of Brattleboro, VT), circa 1868. Basically a sans...

Letterpress Illustrations JNL

Letterpress Illustrations JNL font

Letterpress Illustrations JNL is another collection of dingbats, cartoons, catch words, embellishments and ad helpers all re-drawn from vintage source material.

Adhesive Serif Letters JNL

Adhesive Serif Letters JNL font

A few scant examples of die cut gummed letters (R, C, Y and &) provided the design inspiration for Adhesive Serif Letters JNL. Influenced by the Caslon style, this typeface offers clean, legible titling....

Headstone Roman JNL

Headstone Roman JNL font

Despite its macabre-sounding name, Headstone Roman JNL is not a novelty font for Halloween or horror movies. Instead, it’s an attractive Roman typeface based on an example provided of a guide for stonecutters to...

Brassmark Stencil JNL

Brassmark Stencil JNL font

An antique hand-cut brass stencil of the phrase “No Hunting on These Premmises” (with the word “premises” misspelled) was the model for Brassmark Stencil JNL.

Aparcero JNL

Aparcero JNL font

Vintage sheet music with the title of “Aparcero” lettered in a bold, Art Deco sans is the basis for Aparcero JNL. The title is a Spanish word that translates to “tenant farmer” or “sharecropper”.

Tabloid Press JNL

Tabloid Press JNL font

Tabloid Press JNL is one of a number of classic typefaces re-drawn from screen captures of actual vintage newspaper headlines.

Printers Assistants JNL

Printers Assistants JNL font

Printers Assistants JNL is a collection of vintage letterpress stock cuts and embellishments features monthly title blocks (for newsletters or calendars of events) in an Art Deco style, a cartoon character counting [with fingers]...

More Deco Lettering JNL

More Deco Lettering JNL font

Occasionally font projects are started, but then set aside for other designs and are subsequently forgotten for a while. Such is the case of More Deco Lettering JNL; a bold thick-and-thin sans modeled from...

Metalmark Stencil JNL

Metalmark Stencil JNL font

A lot of interesting variations in lettering style can be found in sets of antique tin or brass marking stencils. One such set was the model for Metalmark Stencil JNL, a bold sans with...