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Light Line Deco JNL

Light Line Deco JNL font

The unusual, thin line hand lettering on the cover of the sheet music for 1936’s “If You Love Me” was the basis for Light Line Deco JNL, which is available in both regular and...

Limited Appeal JNL

Limited Appeal JNL font

The cover of a 1950s-era catalog for the Freedman Novelty Company (of San Francisco California) had the word “Novelty” hand-lettered in an unusually angular type style against various geometric shapes somewhat resembling balloons. While...

Location JNL

Location JNL font

The lettering style of Location JNL is based on sets of “vintage” metal house identification letters and numbers seen for sale online. As these sets are available from overseas sources, it’s not clear whether...

Lumberyard Stencil JNL

Lumberyard Stencil JNL font

Lumberyard Stencil JNL was inspired by the image of an antique brass stencil that was probably used for marking various wood products by a lumber company. It’s available in both regular and oblique versions.

Main Feature JNL

Main Feature JNL font

Main Feature JNL is patterned after the plastic letters found on theater marquees. As an extra bonus, the | (bar) key has the phrase “double feature”, the ^ (ascii circumflex) has the word “and”...

Manual Typewriter JNL

Manual Typewriter JNL font

Manual Typewriter JNL was modeled from an example of the 1933 design originally created by Morris Fuller Benton, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Marching Band JNL

Marching Band JNL font

The cover of “Intermediate Steps to the Band” (an instructional book for marching band originally published by Mills Music in 1947) featured the title in a hand lettered multi-line sans serif with Art Deco...

Marketing Strategy JNL

Marketing Strategy JNL font

Marketing Strategy JNL was inspired by some display signage used in an episode of the classic “Alfred Hitchcock Hour”. Evoking the early-60s feel of kitchy advertising, this display font has a limited character set...

Martial Arts JNL

Martial Arts JNL font

The 1946 foreign publication entitled “100 Alphabets Publicitaires” (“100 Advertising Alphabets”) collects a number of interesting and attractive lettering samples for design inspiration. One such example is Asian-inspired and was re-drawn as the…

Meadowlark JNL

Meadowlark JNL font

The cover of the 1908 sheet music for “When the Meadow-Larks Are Calling, Annie Laurie” has the title hand lettered in a semi-formal Art Nouveau Roman type design with gentle spurs. This is now...