Decalcomania JNL is based on examples of gold and black water-applied initial decals made by the Transfer Monogram Company of Chicago circa the 1940s. It is presumed the patterns for the letters were hand...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The opening title card for 1931’s pre-code movie drama “Other Men’s Women” (with Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, James Cagney and Joan Blondell amongst the cast members) is the basis for the Art Deco type...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
From the pages of the 1939 French lettering book “Modèles de lettres modernes par Georges Léculier” (“Models of Modern Lettering”) comes an attractive and unusual set of initial drop caps made from square letters...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The hand lettered pre-Deco style title and songwriters’ credits on the cover of the sheet music for 1929s “The Love Parade” were the models for Deco Days JNL, which is available in both regular...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Deco Banner JNL is composed of reverse lettering on a black background with Art Deco end caps. To create a banner, first type the plus sign for the left end cap, then your text....
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Deco Edition JNL gets its inspiration from the hand lettered title of a 1943 anthology of musical compositions for schools entitled “Junior Laurel Songs – Teacher’s Edition”, and is available in both regular and...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The inspiration for Deco Eccentrique JNL was initially hand drawn contoured lettering from a mid-1920s piece of sheet music; the style of the letters showing influences of the upcoming Art Deco movement. This was...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sheet music for the tune “Put Your Arms Around Me Honey” (from the 1937 film “Coney Island” starring Betty Grable, George Montgomery and Cesar Romero) has the song title hand lettered in a condensed...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1934 Dick Powell-Ruby Keeler-Joan Blondell movie musical “Dames” gave us the classic song “I Only Have Eyes for You”, but the sheet music for the song had the movie title hand lettered in...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The model for Deco Moderne JNL was the hand lettered title on the sheet music cover of “Did You Ever See A Dream Walking” (from the 1933 Paramount musical “Sitting Pretty” starring Jack Oakie,...