Pop Tune JNL comes from the hand-lettered title on sheet music for “Does Your Heart Beat for Me?”. This 1940s hit was co-written and made famous by Russ Morgan and His Orchestra. Many vintage...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Based in part on the hand-lettered title for a piece of vintage sheet music, Hayride JNL gets both its inspiration and name from Michael Todd’s 1948 production “Mexican Hayride”. The original design was in...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 29, 2022
The world needs a wide slab font that doesn’t make us feel like putting on a pair of cowboy chaps. The Stendo Family boldly declares that we can be wide without being clumsy. Smoothly...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A package for a swim mask and snorkel was the basis for this decidedly unusual typeface with a wild 1970s-era design. There’s no telling how to apply this font to a project, but think...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Printers Playthings JNL collects more cartoons, embellishments, ornaments and border pieces into one digital typeface; all re-drawn from vintage source material.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
On occasion, one type design’s influence can result in a completely different end result. Take the hand lettering found on a 1920s piece of sheet music for the song “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”....
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A “tunesmith” is one so nicknamed because the person or persons craft (compose) a song from scratch. When the area of Broadway known as Tin Pan Alley was in its heyday, every music publisher’s...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Stencil Work JNL was re-drawn from a vintage paper stencil with one inch high Roman letters and numbers, often found in stationery, drug and variety stores in the 1950s through the 1980s.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Inspired by the strange, blocky lettering on the sides of a set of a set of plastic kitchen containers in my childhood home, 8th Avenue is a sophisticated, somewhat syncopated font with a retro...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Madre Script is a typeface that experiences adopting two building models: the typographic (with repetition of shapes) and the script (with the freedom of writing). The models are presented in a subtle, unobtrusive way...