font_foundry: Jeff Levine

An unusual take on Art Deco “streamlined” alphabets is found in Farragut JNL from Jeff Levine. Over-extended serifs on some letters and elongated horizontal strokes on others make for a new approach to a...

Inspired by hand lettering on a 1940s toy game spotted on ebay called “Let’s Go Shopping”, Jeff Levine created “Bal Harbour JNL” and named it after a South Florida community famous for its luxury...

Do It Yourself JNL was modeled after self-adhesive vinyl letters and numbers manufactured by Duro Art Industries of Chicago – formerly the Duro Decal Company. The hand-drawn look of the original lettering was retained...

Jeff Levine took Crown Heights JNL [named after his childhood neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY] and gave it a make-over; transforming it into a Western-style all-caps display face called Homesteader JNL. The point of interest...

Airliner JNL is based on hand-lettering found on a promotional postcard for Kitty Davis’ Airliner – a popular Miami Beach night spot of the 1940s. All of the usual things that make hand-lettering endearing...

Around the turn of the 20th Century, the Inland Type Foundry produced a display face named Studley. It was a variation on a design by another foundry called Florentine. A condensed face with a...

An old set of brass stencils spotted for sale on eBay were the inspiration for this font from Jeff Levine. Redrawn completely from scratch, Jeff retained the narrow “M” and angled corners found in...

Metalet Modern JNL was based on the letters found within the Metalet Movie Titling Set manufactured by the Modern Display Advertising Company of Hollywood, California circa the 1940s. Each stamped metal letter would be...

Eckhardt Sans JNL continues Jeff Levine’s “mini series” of fonts modeled after hand-lettering used by sign painters; and named after his good friend, the late Al Eckhardt of Allied Signs in Miami, Florida. Clean...

On the sides of freight cars, passenger trains, trolleys, buses and cable cars was once found identifying letters and numbers with a bold, yet quaint hand-painted look. Public Transportation JNL emulates the old-style look...