Prior to the advent of digital type, many architectural layouts, amateur print projects and a myriad of other lettering jobs were created by the use of routed plastic templates and ink pens. Plastic Template...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Before typography had ‘rules’, lettering artists set down designs that have endured as classics. A perfect example is Brenham JNL, which was modeled after an antique wood type. The extra elongation of some characters,...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Gilbert JNL is an interpretation of Eric Gill’s classic sanserif typeface, which has become an all-purpose workhorse in ad copy. While other versions of gill-sans fonts have multiple weight sets, Jeff Levine chose to...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Hayfork JNL is based on a vintage wood type sanserif typeface from the 1880’s. A font of similar design is Eckhardt Poster Display, which was modeled from a 1920’s sign painter’s handbook; no doubt...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
This family was created — inspired from the engraved typeface (Two styles : Normal & Italic) used in the pack of 52 playing cards who was describing the 52 counties forming a small Atlas...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Type designer Hannes von Döhren has created Pluto, a sweet type family consisting of 16 Uprights and 16 Italics; 32 fonts in all. The fonts are informal and friendly at first sight and lend...