Oil Barrel JNL is roughly based on lettering spotted in an online auction of custom brass stencils made for marking different petroleum grades on oil company barrels.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Stencil Press JNL was based on just a few existing sample punches from a 1920’s stencil machine made by the Diagraph-Bradley company. Thanks to Neal Haynes at Diagraph for the samples and the ability...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Here’s a simple little retro font that got its inspiration from a food vending truck pictured in a local newspaper’s online article. Fun and retro, Food Vendor JNL evokes simpler times. The font is...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
What started as an image of a single vintage brass stencil of the letter ‘P’ spotted in an online auction has turned into Blacksmith JNL. From that single letter Jeff Levine has created a...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Browsing online auctions and other webs sites often unearths wonderful examples of lettering from the past. A perfect example is Ritz Stencil JNL, modeled after a page from a 1930s-era lettering book. Although this...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The charm of wood type — especially in reproductions from worn specimens — is the combination of hand-crafted letters and numbers and a connection with the past.