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Space Traveler JNL

Space Traveler JNL font

The 1990s was a time of creativity, experimentation and exploration into the world of digital typography by amateur and professional alike. Ray Larabie [through his Larabie Fonts] offered dozens upon dozens of wide-ranging (and...

Retro Checkbook JNL

Retro Checkbook JNL font

By the 1990s, the availability of font creation software opened the door to an explosion of creativity, experimentation and exploration into the world of digital typography by amateur and professional alike. The undisputed king...

Daily Funnies JNL

Daily Funnies JNL font

It is said that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.Daily Funnies JNL (available in both regular and oblique versions) was inspired by and somewhat modeled after the hand lettering of Walt Kelly, the...

Cub Reporter JNL

Cub Reporter JNL font

In the 1934 edition of the American Type Foundry’s “Book of American Type” is a selection of letterpress fonts which emulate typewriter faces. One design named “Bulletin Typewriter” served at the model for Cub...

Deco Francois JNL

Deco Francois JNL font

The 1930s-era French alphabet collection entitled “La Lettre Dans le Decor & La Publicite Modernes” (which somewhat translates to “The Letter in Modern Decor and Advertising”) has page after page of attractive and unusual...

Deco Revival JNL

Deco Revival JNL font

Some time back, a few basic characters were drawn out (possibly inspired by some vintage sheet music) and set aside for a future font project.Despite being incomplete for a few years, this once-forgotten design...

Dining Menu JNL

Dining Menu JNL font

A 1930s menu from a restaurant with locations in both Long Island and Miami Beach called the “Roadside Rest” sported on its cover some very unusual Art Deco outline lettering.Adapted and slightly modified for...

News Copy JNL

News Copy JNL font

Found within the pages of the 1934 edition of the American Type Foundry’s “Book of American Type” is a sans serif design with rounded terminals that emulates a typewriter face. “Jumbo Typewriter” is reminiscent...

Oh Hex JNL

Oh Hex JNL font

An Art Deco “thick and thin” novelty type design based on the hexagon shape was found within the pages of “La Lettre Dans le Decor & La Publicite Modernes” – a 1930s-era French alphabet...

Steamship JNL

Steamship JNL font

While viewing a YouTube video of film footage in and around New York in the mid-1930s, one scene showed some people “window shopping” by the storefront office of the French Line, an international steamship...