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File Clerk JNL

File Clerk JNL font

File Clerk JNL was based on Cushing, a typeface found within the pages of the 1901-02 Pettingill & Co. (Boston) specimen book, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Merchant Trade JNL

Merchant Trade JNL font

A precursor to Art Deco headline/display sans serif typefaces with thick and thin strokes is the Matthews Series (circa 1902). It was manufactured and sold through the Inland Type Foundry of St. Louis, MO.Digitally...

Manufacturer JNL

Manufacturer JNL font

Manufacturer JNL is a reinterpretation of the classic type face Venus Extra Bold Extended, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.According to Wikipedia:“Venus or Venus-Grotesk is a sans-serif typeface family released by...

Wood Clarendon JNL

Wood Clarendon JNL font

Wood Clarendon JNL is based on Hamilton Clarendon Condensed (circa 1899) and is available in both regular and oblique versions.The design of this typeface retains many of the charming (but slight) design irregularities often...

Reform School JNL

Reform School JNL font

The extra bold sans serif stencil lettering on movie posters and lobby cards for “Reform School Girl” (a 1957 film by American International Pictures) was the basis of Reform School JNL, which is available...

Pettiford JNL

Pettiford JNL font

Within the pages of the Pettingill & Co. (Boston) 1901-02 specimen book is Camelot Old Style – a thin stroke spurred serif typeface with traces of Art Nouveau influence.This had been redrawn digitally as...

Page Printer JNL

Page Printer JNL font

Page Printer JNL was inspired by “Skeleton”, from the William H. Page Wood Type Foundry circa 1848. Its name is a play on both Page’s surname as well as contemporary desktop printers. Page Printer...

Columnist JNL

Columnist JNL font

“News Gothic” has been a reliable workhorse of a font since it was created by Morris Fuller Benton and first offered for sale in 1908 by American Type Founders. A clean, legible design used...

Compressed Wood JNL

Compressed Wood JNL font

Two word examples (“nice” and “bud”) from the J.G. Cooley & Co.’s Specimens of Wood Type catalog for the typeface ‘Roman Triple Extra Condensed Fifty Line’ offered only seven letters to work with.Despite this...

Gothic Grotesk JNL

Gothic Grotesk JNL font

In a specimen book from Stevens, Shanks & Sons, Ltd. of London (circa1930s) “Royal Gothic” was their version of a classic grotesk sans that had been in use as far back as 1899 when...