Mute is a humanist sans typeface family developed for User interface (UI) designs. Its letters have low stroke-contrast and terminals that end on the horizontal or the vertical, making its apertures open and the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Caravel is a Latin grotesk sans typeface family. An original contribution to a well-known style, Caravel distinguishes itself from similar typefaces by adding in extra character where it can; several lowercase letters and non-alphabetic...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
It’s a wood type! It’s a stencil font! It’s BOTH! Clarenwood Stencil JNL was originally designed as a solid alphabet (Clarenwood JNL) modeled from vintage wood type. The stencil treatment was applied to add...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The unusual mix of Art Deco lettering with a smattering of Art Nouveau characters found within Dance Partner JNL comes from a movie poster for the 1935 RKO picture “Roberta” starring Fred Astaire and...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1938 movie musical “Carefree” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers featured the song “Change Partners” by Irving Berlin. A copy of the sheet music for this song had the title hand lettered in...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Evening Gown JNL comes from the lettering displayed on a printed ad for the fictional “Gowns by Roberta” in a scene in the 1935 film of the same name. “Roberta” starred Fred Astaire and...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sheet music featuring a song from the 1933 film “Torch Singer” starring Claudette Colbert was the basis for Dine and Dance JNL. A multi-line Art Deco design, it epitomizes both the typographic style and...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
Tape hiss nearly obscures the tender chords and barely-whispered voice, singing a shy song that has the coffee house in tears. Yes, indeed, it’s YWFT Thinaire, the dreamy nerd that has all the librarians...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 7, 2015
Massive text suits my Only Kidding very well. Even at small sizes it is super legible, and it really keeps that handmade image. At larger sizes the crunchiness really comes forward and may surprise...