font_foundry: Jeff Levine

Poster Pen JNL

Poster Pen JNL font

The bold round point pen lettering on the cover of the 1934 sheet music for “New England in the Rain” was the model and inspiration for Poster Pen JNL, which is available in both...

Poster Contoured JNL

Poster Contoured JNL font

Sheet music for a selection from the 1928 musical “New Moon” had the show’s title hand lettered in a bold sans serif that reflected the upcoming Art Deco movement, along with a contoured outline...

Printers Decorations JNL

Printers Decorations JNL font

More vintage cartoons, decorations, embellishments and various letterpress dingbats have been re-drawn and collected in Printers Decorations JNL.

Public Safety JNL

Public Safety JNL font

Public Safety JNL was inspired by a 1940s-era health poster issued through the WPA (Works Progress Administration). The font’s bold, blockish sans lettering commands attention and has been made available in both regular and...

Quick Titling JNL

Quick Titling JNL font

An ad spotted in a 1960 issue of Billboard magazine promoting a 45 rpm release by Randy Lee doing the old song “Did You Ever See A Dream Walking?” featured the song title in...

Punch Tape JNL

Punch Tape JNL font

Punch Tape JNL emulates the old-style pin-punched paper tapes that were used in everything from ticker tapes to moving electronic signage to early digital typesetting equipment. Pin punch characters were also used in the...

Quite Animated JNL

Quite Animated JNL font

Quite Animated JNL is based on hand-lettered Art Deco titling for a 1930 advertisement promoting a group of Columbia Pictures cartoons featuring George Herriman’s “Krazy Kat”. Available in regular and oblique versions.

Raider Stencil JNL

Raider Stencil JNL font

The dust jacket for the 1929 Western novel “The Raider” by Charles Alden Seltzer featured the title and author’s credits in a hand-lettered extra bold stencil design. This became the model for Raider Stencil...

Radio Singer JNL

Radio Singer JNL font

The hand lettered sans serif title on the sheet music for the 1930s song “I’m Alone Because I Love You” was the inspiration for Radio Singer JNL, which is available in both regular and...

Radio Show JNL

Radio Show JNL font

The 1933 sheet music compilation entitled “Kate Smith Memories Song Book” had the singer’s name hand lettered in a bold, spurred serif typeface. This lettering design became the basis for Radio Show JNL, which...