font_foundry: Jeff Levine

Unnerving JNL is a distorted/distressed version of Adhesive Serif Letters JNL (of which the original design was modeled after some vintage gummed letters used for signage).This new variant evokes a feeling of apprehension, dread...

Based on one of the many hand lettered typefaces found with in the 1960 edition of Sam Welo’s “Studio Handbook for Artists and Advertisers”, Poster Slabserif JNL is available in both regular and oblique...

A poster for the 1917 Charlie Chaplin comedy “Easy Street” had Chaplin’s name hand lettered in thick, round cornered block characters. This inspired Silent Comedy JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique...

Occasionally a type design is started – then set aside for whatever reason – before eventually being completed. More often than not, the original source material is forgotten, so proper attribution cannot be made.Such...

Found within the pages of the 1927 edition of the “Welo Studio Handbook – Letter and Design for Artist and Advertisers” is an elegant Art Deco multi-line alphabet.Digitally redrawn as Theater Alley JNL, it...

A short-lived TV game show from 1977 called “Second Chance” has its logo lettered in a bold, block type style with slightly chamfered corners.This inspired Chancy JNL, which is available in both regular and...

Free-form hand lettering on a 1979 poster for the Washington, D.C. exhibition of watercolors and etchings by the Elie Abrahami inspired Art Director JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.This type...

Within the pages of the 10th edition of the Speedball Lettering Book (1927) is an alphabet called “Vanitie”.This had been redrawn digitally as Merriment JNL, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

By the 1990s, the availability of font creation software opened the door to an explosion of creativity, experimentation and exploration into the world of digital typography by amateur and professional alike. The undisputed king...

The 1990s was a time of creativity, experimentation and exploration into the world of digital typography by amateur and professional alike. Ray Larabie [through his Larabie Fonts] offered dozens upon dozens of wide-ranging (and...