Brass Rail JNL is a novelty font, with its name derived from two key components of the source material. It was modeled from examples of vintage small letters stamped out of brass with “rails”...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
In the 1949 Paramount comedy “My Friend Irma” (a film based on the popular radio series that introduced America to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis), an opening gag set-up involving excavation work utilizes street...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Hand lettered Art Deco lettering for the title on the cover of the 1930s-era song “And I Still Do” provided the inspiration for Swing Era JNL. A bold, casual and friendly typeface, it features...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The design idea for Meter Room JNL comes from a vintage brass hand-cut stencil of the words “High Voltage”. What makes this stencil font a bit different than others is the placement and angle...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Classic print shop stock cuts, cartoons, embellishments and other assorted imagery are collected within Letterpress Nostalgics JNL to add “a bit of yesterday” to your print or online projects.
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
More treasures from the heyday of letterpress printing are found in Letterpress Retro JNL, with plenty of great cartoons, catch words, embellishments and more.
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
There’s nothing too fancy about Pool Deck JNL, which is based on an older typeface design. It’s your basic sans serif condensed type style with a few unconventional letter shapes.
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The hand lettered title on sheet music for 1915’s novelty song “Gasoline Gus and His Jitney Bus” by Byron Gay and Charley Brown offered up the lettering style which is now Nouveau Arts JNL.
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A set of vintage dies for stamping text into marble headstones or other monuments manufactured by The Vermont Marble Company was the basis for Marble Cutter JNL. The Vermont Marble Company was in business...
by Staff · Published October 10, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A silk screened sign promoting a mattress sale that was spotted on Flickr features Art Deco-influenced sans serif lettering that is the basis for Innerspring JNL.