Aria Text
Aria Text is the new text version of the lyric Aria. More sober and rational, Aria Text was designed for books. The decoration mannerisms, extreme contrast, the italics angle, among other attributes of the...
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Aria Pro
The inspiration for this typeface came from the epigraph on a frame of a nineteenth century painting. I was fascinated by the peculiar capitals of the inscription. The high contrast, and the overall quirkiness,...
JY Shapa
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...
YWFT Pineapple
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...
Raccoon Coat JNL
A piece of hand lettered sheet music from the era of the “Roaring Twenties” served as a model for Raccoon Coat JNL. It was a time of Prohibition, bathtub gin, flappers and college boys...
Park Slope JNL
The free-form geometric shapes of the lettering on a vintage piece of sheet music entitled “Four Pictures” is the basis for Park Slope JNL, named for a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.
Nouveau Nights JNL
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...
Kwun Tong JNL
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....
Deco Of Tomorrow JNL
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...
Vododeo JNL
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...