The basis for Series A Signage JNL is Highway Gothic; a type style design formally known as the FHWA Series. The font was developed by the United States Federal Highway Administration, and originally consisted...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
From the 1917 sheet music for “The World Has Been So Mean to Me” comes a wonderfully hand lettered chamfered sans with varying widths and character shapes, now released digitally as Sentiment JNL in...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Serif Callouts JNL is another set of two type fonts, two variations and one price for both. The alphabets and numbers inside both squares and circles can be used for indicating paragraphs, annotations, lists,...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The cover of the vintage sheet music for “This Little Piggie Went to Market” (from the 1934 film “Eight Girls in a Boat”) features a hand-lettered sans serif with intermittent chamfered angles. This became...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Before the mid-to-late 1970s, when retailers started to embrace UPC (universal price code) technology on a grand scale, pricing merchandise took on many forms. One method especially popular with variety stores (such as Woolworth’s,...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Alf Becker graced the pages of “Signs of the Times” magazine month after month for decades, presenting attractive and unusual hand lettered alphabets as inspiration for other sign painters and show card writers. From...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Loosely based on some hand-lettered title cards from various vintage Columbia Pictures two-reel comedies, Short Subject JNL is a pleasant sans serif typeface that is aptly suited for titling and other similar applications.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Show Card Deco JNL is a hybrid of examples from hand lettered titles found on various song folios from the Carl Fischer Music Library circa the 1930s and is available in both regular and...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Despite the racially demeaning 1906 sheet music for “The Ghost of the Banjo Coon”, the title’s lettering provided an interesting hand-lettered sans serif that has been re-drawn digitally as Showmanship JNL in both regular...