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Business Letter JNL

Business Letter JNL font

One of the text fonts showcased within the pages of the John Ryan Foundry (Baltimore, MD) specimen book from 1894 is a squared type face with rounded corners called “Geometric”.The original design has been...

Maintenance Stencil JNL

Maintenance Stencil JNL font

In the opening scenes of the 1938 Three Stooges comedy “Tassels in the Air” the Stooges are working as maintenance men inside an office building. Their immediate job requirement is to paint the tenants’...

Morning Edition JNL

Morning Edition JNL font

The front page headline of the April 6, 1917 edition of the Bemidji Pioneer [from Bemidji, Minnesota] says in extrabold letters: “State of War is Declared”. The subtext underneath reads: “President Signs Resolution 1:13...

Nameplate Stencil JNL

Nameplate Stencil JNL font

A vintage brass stencil for an individual or company named ‘Rodrigues’ was spotted in an online auction. The hand punched, condensed Roman lettering inspired the digital typeface Nameplate Stencil JNL, which is available in...

Newsreel Text JNL

Newsreel Text JNL font

Intertitle cards from a 1942 newsreel inspired the like-named Newsreel Text JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Retail Establishment JNL

Retail Establishment JNL font

The 1935 catalog for Vitrolite (a brand of pigmented structural glass) featured artist renderings of how the glass could be applied to business exteriors.One of the lettering styles used in these examples was an...

Flower Shop JNL

Flower Shop JNL font

A piece of sheet music for “Broken Blossoms” circa the 1920s or early 1930s has its cover title hand lettered in a wide thick-and-thin Art Deco design.This is now available as Flower Shop JNL,...

Golden Years JNL

Golden Years JNL font

The cover of the sheet music for the 1910 song “We’ve kept the Golden Rule” features a hand lettered and slightly spurred Art Nouveau type style.As an older couple was pictured below the song’s...

Erratic Nouveau JNL

Erratic Nouveau JNL font

The title on the 1925 sheet music for “By the Light of the Stars” was hand lettered in an eccentric Art Nouveau type style with varying character shapes and line widths.This is now available...

Dance Records JNL

Dance Records JNL font

A record album entitled “Calypso” by the Talbot Brothers had a hand lettered cover with a free form style reminiscent of the early 1960s.This inspired Dance Records JNL, which is available in both regular...