Nameplate JNL
Two attractive cast metal door signs reading “Men” and “Ladies” from back in the Art Deco era inspired the idea for Nameplate JNL. The left parenthesis key starts the border decoration, and the right...
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Mystic East JNL
The cast credits for the 1954 film “Hell’s Half Acre” (Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes and Elsa Lanchester) provided the basis for Mystic East JNL.
National Parks JNL
National Parks JNL was based on a 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster where the word “National Parks” was hand lettered in an unusual and eclectic Art Deco style. Bold and non-conformist, the typeface...
Narrow Roman Stencil JNL
Narrow Roman Stencil JNL was modeled from a vintage brass sign for identification of a ballroom.
News Crew JNL
It seems that after the 1960s, very few display typefaces were being produced that had the desirability to transcend generations, as did many type designs of the past. In 1970, a local television station...
New Thin Roman JNL
The 1912 publication “Essentials of Lettering” has an example of a hand lettered, condensed spurred serif design called “Compressed Roman”. This is now available digitally as New Thin Roman JNL in both regular and...
Neurotic Roman JNL
The free-form, Art Nouveau hand lettering on the cover of the sheet music for 1915’s “She Was All That a Pal Ought to Be” inspired Neurotic Roman JNL; available in both regular and oblique...
Newsmaker JNL
A WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster from the 1940s saying “Behind the Headlines” presented the title hand-lettered in a bold, condensed slab serif. This became the model for Newsmaker JNL, available in both regular...
Newsbreaker JNL
Based on scans of some 1906 newspaper headlines detailing the devastation of the San Francisco earthquake, Newsbreaker JNL is a modern take on vintage typography. With a few letterform characteristics somewhat reminiscent of DeVinne,...
Not So Grotesk JNL
A circa-1920s book on lettering entitled “Book of Alphabets” by Regan Publishing displayed an example of a Grotesk typeface (a popular style of sans serif of the time). This design was re-drawn digitally as...