The type design for Impecunious JNL comes from the 1939 sheet music for “You Don’t Know How Much You Can Suffer (Until You Fall in Love)”. The name comes from another piece of sheet...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
In 1935, Morris Fuller Benton designed Phenix American for American Type Founders. For 2017, the classic Art Deco design has been reinterpreted in an all-caps display version with an ever-so-slight “hand made” feel. Industrial...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A 1930s-era poster to “See America – Welcome to Montana” was issued by the United States Travel Bureau; one of the WPA (Works Progress Administrations) projects promoting travel and tourism within the country. The...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
An interesting bit of Art Deco influenced serif hand lettering was found on the cover of the sheet music for 1938’s “Boatman’s Serenade”. This became the model for the digital font Inlet JNL; available...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Inline Square JNL is modeled from the hand lettered title found on the 1935 sheet music for “Cielito Lindo (Beautiful Heaven)”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Based on a vintage set of kitchen labels, Jams and Jellies JNL is a font containing 52 of the most common names for jams, jellies and preserves as well as a blank label for...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1915 sheet music for the tune “Dancing the Jelly Roll Song” by Nat Vincent and Herman Paley featured the title hand-lettered in a sans serif design strongly influenced by the Art Nouveau movement...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Jungle Drums JNL is based on the hand-lettered title on the 1929 sheet music of its musical namesake. A bold, free form design with a hint of the Art Deco movement of the coming...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Junior Clerk JNL is the plain sans serif version of the lettering found on the cover of the sheet music for 1919’s “The World is Waiting for the Sunrise”. The song title was originally...