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The cover on the sheet music for the 1922 song “If She Comes from Dixie” had the title hand-lettered in an Art Nouveau style with a semi-stencil effect. It’s now available as Nouveau Semi...

The cover of the 1902 sheet music for “I’ll Be Baby in Baby’s Place” features the title hand lettered in a wonderful Art Nouveau slab serif style with many eccentric letter forms. This is...

Sheet music for the 1915 song “Is There Still Room for Me Neath the Old Apple Tree” had the title hand-lettered in a condensed, square sans serif. Although far from the more decorative lettering...

The hand lettering found on the cover of the 1912 sheet music for “Somebody Else is Getting It” featured a blockish Art Nouveau style with rounded corners and a very lurid title [although it...

The sheet music for the 1917 song “Wake Up Virginia (and Prepare for Your Wedding Day)” features a hand lettered title in a sans serif Art Nouveau design with stencil influences. This was the...

A 1902 publication entitled “Lettering for Schools & Colleges” had an example of an ornate, hand drawn stencil alphabet in the Art Nouveau style. This is now available digitally as Nouveau Stencil Ornate JNL,...

Sheet music for 1907’s “Just A Little Fond Affection” had the song title hand lettered in a simple sans serif design with influences from the then-current Art Nouveau movement. This is now available as...

Nouveau To Go JNL is the digital version of the hand lettered title found on the 1915 sheet music for the song “Don’t Bite the Hand That’s Feeding You”, and is available in both...

Based on the sheet music title lettering for Al Jolson’s 1920 song “Grieving for You”, the casual style of Nouveau Work JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Oceanfront Property JNL was modeled from the hand lettered title on the cover of the 1932 sheet music for “There’s Oceans of Love by the Beautiful Sea”. A simple sans, it still reflects the...