font_foundry: Jeff Levine

Oceanfront Property JNL was modeled from the hand lettered title on the cover of the 1932 sheet music for “There’s Oceans of Love by the Beautiful Sea”. A simple sans, it still reflects the...

Old Bodoni Wide JNL is based on examples of this classic Bodoni design and contains the quirks and imperfections one might find within a wood type font.

Oil Painting JNL is a casual and condensed hand-lettered sans serif design based on a vintage WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster advertising an oil painting exhibition by renowned artists of the time.

The sheet music for “Dancing Butterfly” had the title of the 1929 composition hand lettered in what can be only described as an odd hybrid of letters with an Art Nouveau stencil influence. This...

Hand lettering of the song title on the 1914 sheet music for “Dear Old Girl” was the working model for Old Songs JNL. A condensed Roman typeface available in both regular and oblique versions,...

Old Labels JNL was inspired by the red and white gummed labels that were used for shipping parcels long before self-adhesive materials and desktop publishing rendered the older labels obsolete. The fifty-two glyphs include...

On the Town JNL is a reworking of Parks Department JNL, giving it a classic “solid black Art Deco treatment”. The wide monoline font of the original design was inspired by hand lettering on...

Old Tijuana JNL was modeled from the hand lettered title on the cover of the 1939 sheet music for “Class Will Tell” and is available in both regular and oblique versions. Casual, playful and...

The 1930s era French textbook on lettering “100 Alphabets Publicitaires déssinés par M. Moullet” featured a hand lettered chamfered alphabet with slab serifs reminiscent of sports lettering. Although intended for advertising and signage inspiration…

Ordinary Gothic JNL is a simple, thin “stovepipe” style of hand lettering found on the cover of a piece of sheet music for 1937’s “You Can’t Stop Me from Dreaming”, and is available in...