Modern digital typography pushes many designers to try and achieve visual perfection with their lettering. In the days of wooden type, the premise was more in creating a font that “sold” the message (possibly,...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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In the days of wood type, suppliers offered words such as ‘and’, ‘at’, ‘for’, ‘each’ and numerous others as stock cuts called “catch words”. This collection of twenty-six were re-drawn using a vintage type...
by · Published May 26, 2015
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Based on vintage wood type, Nostrand JNL is a tall, condensed serif face – named for an avenue in font designer Jeff Levine’s home town of Brooklyn, New York.
by · Published May 26, 2015
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Winnetka JNL was inspired by Cooley Antique Tuscan Condensed – a printer’s wood type manufactured in 1859 by J.G. Cooley. Given an additional hand-made treatment, the lettering resembles characters made from cut paper.
by · Published May 26, 2015
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Cloverdale JNL is another addition to Jeff Levine’s revivals of classic wood type fonts from the 1800s. Bold, broad and in the “cowboy” style, this typeface goes well with projects featuring the Old West,...
by · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022