Bold Display Sans JNL is loosely based on one of the classic alphabets found within a Speedball Lettering Textbook of the 1940s; itself called “Bold Display”. The original featured a stippled texture and inline...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
An image of a vintage, hand-cut metal stencil with just a set of bold numerals inspired the design of Bold Metal Stencil JNL. The typeface is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Bookkeeper JNL is based on the lighter weight version of R. Hunter Middleton’s ‘Karnak’, produced in 1936 for Ludlow. “Karnak” itself was based on the geometric slab-serif “Memphis”, designed in 1929 by Dr. Rudolf...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The extra bold version of R. Hunter Middleton’s “Karnak” (produced in 1936 for Ludlow) served as the model for Bookkeeping JNL and is a companion to Bookkeeper JNL (the light weight version of this...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1920s were part of an era in songwriting where snappy wordplay and clever (if not long) titles prevailed. The lettering on one such piece of sheet music with the song title “In A...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Brush Off JNL is based on the hand-lettered title from the cover of the 1955 sheet music of “Love is A Many Splendored Thing”. The unique, artistic and somewhat eccentric letter shapes are both...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Bulk Weight JNL is a stripped down version of Inline Square JNL (based on 1930s sheet music hand lettering) with the inline removed. What is left behind is a thick, bulky, ultra bold lettering...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The sheet music for the title song of the 1960 movie “Exodus” had the name hand lettered in a block stencil style with rounded corners and narrow “rails” [the breaks between the stencil parts]....
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A style example found within the pages of a vintage type foundry catalog inspired Case Lot JNL. The design is a classic early 20th Century sans with chamfered corners.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Free-flowing pen lettering of the Art Nouveau period took letter forms into interesting curves and angles. The style was embraced and revived by the 1960s counter-culture in its rock concert posters and record album...