font_foundry: Jeff Levine

Tuxedo Stencil JNL

Tuxedo Stencil JNL font

The sheet music for the 1934 tune “Two in A Dream” had the title hand lettered in a bold type style that utilized some stencil and some solid lettering. Following through on the stencil...

Two Step Nouveau JNL

Two Step Nouveau JNL font

Popular music of the early 1900s included a genre called two step; round dances utilizing a sliding step with a tempo in either march or polka time. 1911’s “Daughters of the American Revolution” was...

Uptown Review JNL

Uptown Review JNL font

Cover art for the 1933 sheet music of Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler’s “Stormy Weather” (from the musical production “Cotton Club Parade”) listed the cast of the show in a condensed hand lettered sans...

Unadorned JNL

Unadorned JNL font

Unadorned JNL is the stripped down version of 2011’s Troubador JNL; an ornate wood type font. With the inner ornamentation removed, this Western-influenced type design takes on a bolder look, yet retains its Victorian...

Utility Signage JNL

Utility Signage JNL font

Utlity Signage JNL is a collection of fifty-two various “all purpose signs” we’ve all seen in hardware and variety stores is perfect for spot illustrations in ad copy, making one-off images for props in...

Vaudevillian JNL

Vaudevillian JNL font

The place for a family to be entertained by comedians, dancers, acrobats, animal acts, singers and just about any other acts that fit the bill at the time was the vaudeville theater. Prior to...

Visual Arts JNL

Visual Arts JNL font

Visual Arts JNL is a classic Art Deco typeface based on the hand lettering found on a 1930s-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster for Women Artists. The exhibit took place in the Federal Art...

Washington Heights JNL

Washington Heights JNL font

Washington Heights JNL is a sans serif type design based on a vintage hand-made directional sign for the New York subway system.

Wellness JNL

Wellness JNL font

The Federal Art Project of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) employed artists to create posters for various subjects including health, tourism, safety, patriotism, theater and the arts during the Great Depression years of the...

Western Deco JNL

Western Deco JNL font

The cover of the 1938 sheet music for “Treasure Island March” had its title hand lettered in a rough-hewn Western style with overtones of Art Deco influence. All of the characters were “cleaned up”...