Musical Prelude JNL is a thin Art Deco typeface with some interesting character shapes, and was inspired by the hand lettering on the cover of the 1933 sheet music for “Blue Prelude” by Gordon...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Mystery Show JNL was modeled after the hand lettered titles found on various early episodes of the 1950s TV suspense program “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”. The design emulates characteristics found in Frederic W. Goudy’s Copperplate...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Two attractive cast metal door signs reading “Men” and “Ladies” from back in the Art Deco era inspired the idea for Nameplate JNL. The left parenthesis key starts the border decoration, and the right...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Narrow Nouveau JNL come from the hand lettered title on a 1907 song folio for George M. Cohan’s “The Talk of New York”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
National Parks JNL was based on a 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster where the word “National Parks” was hand lettered in an unusual and eclectic Art Deco style. Bold and non-conformist, the typeface...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The free-form, Art Nouveau hand lettering on the cover of the sheet music for 1915’s “She Was All That a Pal Ought to Be” inspired Neurotic Roman JNL; available in both regular and oblique...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1912 publication “Essentials of Lettering” has an example of a hand lettered, condensed spurred serif design called “Compressed Roman”. This is now available digitally as New Thin Roman JNL in both regular and...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
It seems that after the 1960s, very few display typefaces were being produced that had the desirability to transcend generations, as did many type designs of the past. In 1970, a local television station...