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Nouveau Slab Serif

Nouveau Slab Serif font

The cover of the 1902 sheet music for “I’ll Be Baby in Baby’s Place” features the title hand lettered in a wonderful Art Nouveau slab serif style with many eccentric letter forms. This is...

Nouveau Semi Stencil JNL

Nouveau Semi Stencil JNL font

The cover on the sheet music for the 1922 song “If She Comes from Dixie” had the title hand-lettered in an Art Nouveau style with a semi-stencil effect. It’s now available as Nouveau Semi...

Nouveau Romance JNL

Nouveau Romance JNL font

The hand lettered title on the sheet music for 1917’s “If They’d Never Take You from Me” was the basis for the Art Nouveau sans design of Nouveau Romance JNL. This elegant sans serif...

Nouveau Standard JNL

Nouveau Standard JNL font

The hand lettering found on the cover of the 1912 sheet music for “Somebody Else is Getting It” featured a blockish Art Nouveau style with rounded corners and a very lurid title [although it...

Nouveau Square JNL

Nouveau Square JNL font

Sheet music for the 1915 song “Is There Still Room for Me Neath the Old Apple Tree” had the title hand-lettered in a condensed, square sans serif. Although far from the more decorative lettering...

Nouveau Stencil Ornate JNL

Nouveau Stencil Ornate JNL font

A 1902 publication entitled “Lettering for Schools & Colleges” had an example of an ornate, hand drawn stencil alphabet in the Art Nouveau style. This is now available digitally as Nouveau Stencil Ornate JNL,...

Nouveau Stencil JNL

Nouveau Stencil JNL font

The sheet music for the 1917 song “Wake Up Virginia (and Prepare for Your Wedding Day)” features a hand lettered title in a sans serif Art Nouveau design with stencil influences. This was the...

Nouveau Work JNL

Nouveau Work JNL font

Based on the sheet music title lettering for Al Jolson’s 1920 song “Grieving for You”, the casual style of Nouveau Work JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Nouveau To Go JNL

Nouveau To Go JNL font

Nouveau To Go JNL is the digital version of the hand lettered title found on the 1915 sheet music for the song “Don’t Bite the Hand That’s Feeding You”, and is available in both...

Nouveau Titling JNL

Nouveau Titling JNL font

Sheet music for 1907’s “Just A Little Fond Affection” had the song title hand lettered in a simple sans serif design with influences from the then-current Art Nouveau movement. This is now available as...