More Deco Lettering JNL
Occasionally font projects are started, but then set aside for other designs and are subsequently forgotten for a while. Such is the case of More Deco Lettering JNL; a bold thick-and-thin sans modeled from...
font_foundry: Jeff Levine
Metalmark Stencil JNL
A lot of interesting variations in lettering style can be found in sets of antique tin or brass marking stencils. One such set was the model for Metalmark Stencil JNL, a bold sans with...
Cartoon Panel JNL
Charles W. “Plot” Plotner was a cartoonist who had developed a template-based cartooning set for kids circa 1952 called “Plot-O”. A companion set was called “Plot-O the Clown”. “Plot-O” consisted of two plastic templates...
Press Run JNL
Press Run JNL is a reinterpretation of the classic typeface Cheltenham Condensed taken from actual screen captures of vintage newspaper headlines.
Evening Paper JNL
Evening Paper JNL, one could say, was “culled from the headlines”. It was. The front page headlines from some 1938 newspapers archived online were the basic model for this font. The typeface design goes...
Afternoon Edition JNL
Afternoon Edition JNL is another classic typeface (with Caslon influence) re-drawn from screen captures of vintage newspaper headlines. The font joins Final Edition JNL, Evening Paper JNL and Morning Paper JNL as a mini-collection...
Morning Paper JNL
Morning Paper JNL is part of a small series of fonts re-drawn from screen captures of original vintage newspaper headlines. The typefaces are classic wood and metal faces that were popular in all forms...
Winning Team JNL
The second volume of the Robbins Music Corporation’s “Hollywood Song Folio” features the word “Hollywood” lettered in a condensed block style with inline, strongly reminiscent of sports or college-themed typography. This was the inspiration...
Tin Stencil JNL
Tin Stencil JNL was modeled from examples of an antique metal stencil letter and number set.
Suggestion Box JNL
The 1929 sheet music for Cole Porter’s “You Do Something to Me” (from the musical stage comedy “Fifty Million Frenchmen”) has the name of the play hand lettered in a bold sans with an...