font_foundry: Jeff Levine

Antique Slabserif JNL

Antique Slabserif JNL font

Antique Slabserif JNL is a reinterpretation of Monotype’s Modern Antique 26, released in 1909. The name of the typeface is an oxymoron because Modern conflicts with Antique. Despite many critics of the “mechanical” look...

Stage Play JNL

Stage Play JNL font

Vintage sheet music for Earl Carroll’s dramatic mystery-comedy production “Murder at the Vanities” has its title hand-lettered in the Art Deco style which served as the basis for Stage Play JNL.

Print Shop Cuts JNL

Print Shop Cuts JNL font

Once again, another eclectic mix of vintage cartoons, ad cuts, sales builders, dingbats, borders and embellishments come together in Print Shop Cuts JNL. These charming images add that touch of “retro” to any digital...

Moving Message JNL

Moving Message JNL font

A vintage printer’s cut for the masthead of the “Fed-O-Gram” (a monthly publication of the Farm Bureau Federation, Inc.) had its title set in letters that emulated a moving message board. This design formed...

Malaguena Stencil JNL

Malaguena Stencil JNL font

Malaguena Stencil JNL was derived from hand lettering found on an Art Deco-era piece of vintage sheet music for this familiar tune. According to Wikipedia: “Malagueña is the feminine form of the Spanish language...

Czech Stencil JNL

Czech Stencil JNL font

Czech Stencil JNL was modeled from examples of a 1930s-era typeface from Czechoslovokia called “Patrona Grotesk” as seen in the Steven Heller-Louise Fili book “Stencil Type” (published by Thames and Hudson).

Art Deco Monograms JNL

Art Deco Monograms JNL font

The same monograms found on a 1930s-era business card that inspired Golden Beach JNL are reproduced as Art Deco Monograms JNL. Left-side monograms are on the upper case A-Z, while the lower case a-z...