Comic books are filled with pages full of the daring adventures of crime fighters with colorful costumes, amazing abilities and wondrous powers. They have enthralled kids of all ages since the 1930s. Costumed Hero...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The Art Nouveau hand lettered title on the sheet music for the 1909 composition “If the Wind Had Only Blown the Other Way” was the basis for Courtship JNL, which is available in both...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Cover Art JNL was inspired by the hand-lettered sans serif title of an Art Deco era Portuguese magazine called Ilustraçáo. The mix of conventional and non-conventional letter forms made it a perfect candidate to...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Crepe Paper JNL is an alphabet-only novelty font that creates a wavy ribbon headline with a vintage wood type alphabet that somewhat resembles an unfurled stretch of crepe paper. The upper case A-Z keys...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The hand lettering found throughout the movie trailer for 1942’s “Mr. and Mrs. North” inspired Criminal Intent JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Crude Stencil JNL is a rough auto-tracing of a vintage lettering stencil from the 1980s, with additional characters added in post-production. At small type sizes, the lettering takes on a “grunge” effect, but larger...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1937 sheet music for the tune “Sweet Stranger” has the title hand lettered in a round cornered Art Deco sans with an inline featuring square corners. Now available as Curtain Up JNL, it...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sheet music for the song “I’m the One That Loves You” has the title hand lettered in a narrow, Art Deco-influenced sans serif, which is now available digitally as Dance Band JNL in both...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A set of transfer patterns for sewing decorative monogram initials on clothing was manufactured by Women’s Day magazine circa the 1940s. Designed by renowned Copenhagen-born industrial artist and letterer Gustav Boerge Jensen [April 8,...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The opening title card for 1931’s pre-code movie drama “Other Men’s Women” (with Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, James Cagney and Joan Blondell amongst the cast members) is the basis for the Art Deco type...