The deep well of creativity that is the era of the hand lettered sheet music title page brings forth Nouveau Nights JNL. Re-drawn from a period example of the 1920s, this titling font perfectly...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified May 15, 2024
Designed by Jure Stojan, JY Shapa—his first serif family for JY&A Fonts—has a wide-pen, calligraphic feel, with the upper half of the letters reasonably conservative to aid recognition, but the lower half more decorative...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
YWFT Pineapple is historically based in the Art Deco period (1920s/30s) but set adrift for awhile and spiced with the rum of the present. YWFT Pineapple is suitable for many uses, but has an...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Loosely based on a hand lettered title found on vintage sheet music for the song “Hong Kong”, the design for Kwun Tong JNL emulates the letters and numbers formed from pieces of bamboo stalk....
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
On occasion, when seeking retro source material for font designs, one can unearth interesting examples of typography that bridges decades with its ahead-of-its-time style. The songwriter credits on one particular piece of vintage sheet...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Vododeo JNL is directly named for the free-form sheet music title lettering from Jack Yellen and Milton Ager’s “Vo-Do-De-O”. The term itself was a catchphrase made popular during the era known as the “Roaring...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Town and Country JNL features a mix of block-style characters along with rounded ones found so often in the Art Deco fonts of the 1940s. Modeled from the hand-lettered title on a piece of...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The hand lettering of a piece of 1930s sheet music’s title has once more yielded an interesting take on the popular “thick and thin” lettering of the Art Deco period.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Vintage sheet music was initially a partial inspiration for what started out as a simple retro typeface, but the basic hand-lettered design from the Art Deco era lent itself to some further experimentation. Geometric...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Borough Park JNL is named for a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, NY and was modeled from hand lettering found on vintage sheet music.