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Fancy Free JNL

Fancy Free JNL font

Up until the late 1920s, it was a popular habit in American songwriting to use African Americans as the topic of compositions using denigrating themes, words and even exaggerated character illustrations on the covers...

Fancy Nouveau JNL

Fancy Nouveau JNL font

The 1907 sheet music for “Take Me Back to Dear Old Dixie” had the song title hand lettered in a decorative serif typeface with strong Art Nouveau influences. This design is now available digitally...

Fancy Roman JNL

Fancy Roman JNL font

A 1925 edition for an orchestral arrangements catalog entitled “Carl Fischer Progressive Orchestra Edition” has the title hand lettered in a bold, stylized Roman type design. This has now become the digital font Fancy...

Fashion Statement JNL

Fashion Statement JNL font

An example of hand lettering from a vintage instructional book was the basis for Fashion Statement JNL; available in both regular and oblique versions. This extra-wide “thick and thin” design is perfect for replicating...

Fashionable JNL

Fashionable JNL font

For years, the print ads for the Hickok Jewelry Company [renowned for their line of men’s belts, suspenders, wallets, cufflinks, etc.] featured its name and related main line ad copy hand-lettered in a condensed...

Fine And Dandy JNL

Fine And Dandy JNL font

Fine and Dandy JNL comes from the hand lettered title of the 1929 movie “Isle of Escape”; found on the sheet music for its theme song “My Kalua Rose”. An engraved and fancy Roman,...

Fine Dining JNL

Fine Dining JNL font

The lettering for Fine Dining JNL was inspired by the opening titles for the 1940 Barbara Stanwyck-Fred MacMurray film “Remember the Night”. A stylized Art Deco sans, the typeface conjures up images of elegant...

First Responder JNL

First Responder JNL font

First Responder JNL is a back slanted version of Catalog JNL, and is intended to be used for graphics on police and fire vehicles to emulate “forward” movement, which is a popular theme on...

Flirtation Walk JNL

Flirtation Walk JNL font

Flirtation Walk JNL was inspired by the lettering on the covers of sheet music for songs taken from the 1934 Dick Powell-Ruby Keeler movie “Flirtation Walk”. The typeface features some stylized characters as well...

Formal Dance JNL

Formal Dance JNL font

A vintage Canadian-published music book circa the 1940s had the title “Strauss Waltzes” hand lettered in a bold Art Deco sans serif that featured block style letters with rounded corners. This was the working...