font_foundry: Jeff Levine

Three of the four letters of the name “Jane” on the cover of a vintage piece of sheet music inspired So Nouveau JNL. The free-form swoops emulating the pen lettering of the early 1900s...

A package for a swim mask and snorkel was the basis for this decidedly unusual typeface with a wild 1970s-era design. There’s no telling how to apply this font to a project, but think...

Printers Playthings JNL collects more cartoons, embellishments, ornaments and border pieces into one digital typeface; all re-drawn from vintage source material.

On occasion, one type design’s influence can result in a completely different end result. Take the hand lettering found on a 1920s piece of sheet music for the song “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”....

A “tunesmith” is one so nicknamed because the person or persons craft (compose) a song from scratch. When the area of Broadway known as Tin Pan Alley was in its heyday, every music publisher’s...

Stencil Work JNL was re-drawn from a vintage paper stencil with one inch high Roman letters and numbers, often found in stationery, drug and variety stores in the 1950s through the 1980s.

Vintage sheet music for the title song from the film “Forty Second Street” was the inspiration for Theater Lights JNL. While the idea of letters comprised of circles (to simulate bulbs) can be both...

Prospector JNL is based on a lettering example found in an old Speedball-pen lettering handbook.

Wine Cellar JNL is a bold, yet casual display face found on some 1930s-era sheet music entitled “Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar”. Since the subject of the song had a number of...

Vocalist JNL is a bit of a novelty Art Deco typeface based on hand lettering from some 1940s sheet music. Using the classic “thick and thin” style of the day, a number of letters...