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Dreamy JNL

Dreamy JNL font

Dreamy JNL was modeled from the hand-lettered title on the sheet music cover for “If I’m Dreaming” and features an Art Deco type design with engraved lines in both regular and oblique versions. The...

Dress Shirt JNL

Dress Shirt JNL font

A sample of monogram lettering entitled “Style 204 – Modern Block” (probably circa 1940s) yielded the thin Art Deco alphabet model for Dress Shirt JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Drexel JNL

Drexel JNL font

The bold hand lettered title on the 1940 sheet music for the band piece “Drexel Marching Song” was the inspiration for Drexel JNL; available in both regular and oblique versions.

Dual Line Deco JNL

Dual Line Deco JNL font

Sheet music for the title song from the 1933 Jean Harlow-Clark Gable film “Hold Your Man” has the movie title hand lettered in a dual line sans serif with Art Deco influences. This is...

Durable JNL

Durable JNL font

The front page of a late-1940s sales catalog for the [now defunct] Duro Decal Company of Chicago had its company name hand-lettered in a tall, condensed chamfered sans serif type design. Although chamfered lettering...

East Village JNL

East Village JNL font

The Federal Art Project division of the WPA (Works Progress Administration) employed numerous artists, musicians, actors and other creative sorts in a effort to help many survive the Great Depression of the 1930s. One...

Eat More Fruit JNL

Eat More Fruit JNL font

Eat More Fruit JNL is an odd name for a typeface, but then again the lettering style of the font is just as unusual. Named for a 1940s-era poster espousing “Put more pep in...

Eccentric Sans JNL

Eccentric Sans JNL font

An instructional page from a vintage lettering book displayed online showed the construction of an Art Deco sans design with varying widths and stylized character shapes. This was the basis for Eccentric Sans JNL,...

Eckhardt Bold JNL

Eckhardt Bold JNL font

Eckhardt Bold JNL continues a series of sign painter-inspired type designs and is named in honor of the late Al Eckhardt, a talented sign man who was a good friend of Jeff Levine for...

Eckhardt Relaxed JNL

Eckhardt Relaxed JNL font

Eckhardt Relaxed JNL was modeled from an example of a casual, hand lettered alphabet from a page of a vintage textbook. This style of freehand lettering always lends itself well to posters, show card...