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Travel Plans JNL

Travel Plans JNL font

A 1930s travel poster from American Airlines had the airline’s name in a classic thick-and-thin Art Deco design of hand lettering. With the addition of angular spurs, some of the characters become semi-serif in...

Village Hall JNL

Village Hall JNL font

A 1918 poster issued during World War I from the YWCA encouraged women to pitch in to the war effort by joining the “United War Work Campaign”.The Art Nouveau hand lettering of that poster...

Silent Film JNL

Silent Film JNL font

Built in 1928 in Wichita, Kansas, the Uptown Theater started out as a movie house, but today still exists as a dinner theater.Online images of this vintage venue’s perpendicular wall sign show the theater’s...

Privilege Sign Two JNL

Privilege Sign Two JNL font

Unique and decorative signage for many drive-ins, motels, food stores and other businesses of the 1940s had what was referred to as “privilege signs” provided by one of the major cola brands.Consisting of the...

Dancing Girl JNL

Dancing Girl JNL font

The poster for the 1930 film “Show Girl in Hollywood” had the title hand lettered in a squared Art Deco style with some angled cross strokes. This became the basis for Dancing Girl JNL,...

Divided Highway JNL

Divided Highway JNL font

The Narsinh Series (from the 1940 Gujarati Type Foundry of Bombay, India) is a modular metal font comprised of 32 basic shape pieces which would be assembled into any configuration to form various letters...

Northbrook JNL

Northbrook JNL font

A monoline spurred sans serif typeface named “Elandkay” from the 1895 Cleveland Type Foundry specimen book was the design model for Northbrook JNL. This Art Nouveau-influenced design is available in both regular and oblique...

Office Manager JNL

Office Manager JNL font

“Stillson” is an Art Nouveau-influenced font found within the pages of the 1881 Barnhart Bros. & Spindler type specimen book.The digital revival is called Office Manager JNL, and is available in both regular and...

Office Space JNL

Office Space JNL font

Office Space JNL is based on “Condensed Edina” from the 1921 Miller & Richard type specimen book and is available in both regular and oblique versions.This spurred serif Art Nouveau monoline font is a...

Nouveau Boutique JNL

Nouveau Boutique JNL font

A light and playful sans serif type design with Art Nouveau influences was called “Tasso” within the pages of the 1893 edition of the Barnhart Bros. & Spindler type specimen book.This is now available...