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Antique Unique JNL

Antique Unique JNL font

A page from an 1880s type specimen book presented a unique “Barnum”-like design with top horizontal lines much thinner than the bottom ones. Titled “Ten Line Antique Compressed No. 7”, the design transcends the...

Arrevederci JNL

Arrevederci JNL font

The 1954 sheet music for the song “Arrevederci Roma (Goodbye to Rome)” [from the MGM film “The Seven Hills of Rome”] was hand lettered in a medium-wide sans serif. This design is now available...

Art And Design JNL

Art And Design JNL font

A 1930s-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster advertising a Federal Art Project exhibit entitled “Index of American Design” was the basis for Art and Design JNL.

Art Exhibit JNL

Art Exhibit JNL font

In the 1930s the WPA (Works Progress Administration) was involved with getting a number of Americans back to work during the Great Depression. One faction of the WPA’s efforts was the Federal Art Project....

Art Museum JNL

Art Museum JNL font

Art Museum JNL is yet another take on the classic Art Deco “solid letter” fonts that emulate the style of Futura Black. This version comes to you through the courtesy of a vintage WPA...

Art Project JNL

Art Project JNL font

A 1930s WPA (Works Projects Administration) poster advertising a play entitled “Abraham Lincoln, The Great Commoner” had the play’s name done in a hand-lettered Art Deco sans. This is the basis for Art Project...

Art Techno JNL

Art Techno JNL font

The simple song title “May I”, found on the sheet music from the 1934 Bing Crosby-Carole Lombard film “We’re Not Dressing” was hand lettered in a blocky, ultra-bold Art Deco design that foreshadowed the...

Art Topic JNL

Art Topic JNL font

Art Topic JNL is a round-cornered square sans serif in the Art Deco style, and was modeled from a 1930 WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster for the Federal Arts Project.

Art Week JNL

Art Week JNL font

Art Week JNL is a wider variant of the lettering style used on many WPA (Works Progress Administration) posters for the arts in the Depression-era 1930s. Wider than the version used for Concert Series...

Artful Nouveau JNL

Artful Nouveau JNL font

Artful Nouveau JNL was modeled from the hand lettering on the sheet music cover for the 1910 song “Gee, But It’s Great to Meet a Friend from Your Home Town”.