The hand lettered title found on the sheet music for 1938’s “So Help Me (If I Don’t Love You)” was the basis for Totally Deco JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
1920s-era sheet music for “Tangos Pour Manon” from Brussels, Belgium had the title hand lettered in an unusual style. The alphabet was square, had serifs and the thick-and-thin stroke weights that were more popular...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Tourist Spot JNL is the same lettering style as Old Tijuana JNL, but with the squiggly inside lines stripped away. The original design was modeled from the hand lettered title on the cover of...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
During the heydey of automobile travel hundreds of motels, motor courts and tourist cabins sprung up along the roadways in order to offer weary drivers (and most often their families) rest with a night’s...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
For decades, cereal companies have included premiums [promotional gifts] inside their packages, printed on the cartons or to send for with a special coupon and redemption instructions. During the 1940s, Pep cereal [a long-discontinued...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A vintage set of die-cut letters and number by Village Toys (circa 1930s or 1940s) featured a playful, bold serif typeface. This is now available digitally as Toy Letters JNL, in both regular and...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A vintage booklet from the Japan Tourist Bureau entitled “How to See Matsushima and Environs” had the title hand lettered in the Art Deco style which is the basis for Travel Brochure JNL. For...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
At first glance, Transcendental JNL looks like a 1960s or 1970s-era “Hippie” type face, hence its “love generation” name. However, the actual inspiration comes from a piece of sheet music from the early 1900s...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The Art nouveau era sheet music “Goodbye Sweet Old Manhattan Isle” (1905) offers up a classic hand lettered sans reflective of that era. It is available digitally as Trolley JNL in both regular and...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Inspired by the hand lettered title on the cover of a mid-1950s comic book [based on the beloved children’s TV host Captain Kangaroo], Treasure House JNL is a casual, playful serif font available in...