From a vintage textbook on “modern” lettering circa the 1930s or 1940s comes a simple chamfered sans with oddly irregular shapes. Amateur Lettering JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Amusement Ride Stencil JNL is based on a hand-cut paper stencil advising the riders to “Hold Onto Your Hats – Don’t Stand Up – Let’s Go Again!” Available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Many decades back, churches, schools and other buildings with a need to display an outdoor message often chose a sign making system utilizing characters silk screened onto metal pieces in a block chamfer style....
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The box cover of “Drawing Stencils No. 3 for Use on Slate or Paper” [a children’s drawing set produced by Montgomery, Ward & Company of Chicago circa the 1890s] had its title in an...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The very first Speedball-Lettering Book was published in 1915, and within its pages was a rough-hewn example of lettering with the name “Rapid Sho-Card Style”. The design is now available as Antique Show Card...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Antique Stencil Borders JNL collects twenty-six vintage border designs from various sources for complementing copy set in stencil lettering or in stand-alone decorative projects. NOTE: The purchase of this font does NOT include license...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A page from an 1880s type specimen book presented a unique “Barnum”-like design with top horizontal lines much thinner than the bottom ones. Titled “Ten Line Antique Compressed No. 7”, the design transcends the...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1954 sheet music for the song “Arrevederci Roma (Goodbye to Rome)” [from the MGM film “The Seven Hills of Rome”] was hand lettered in a medium-wide sans serif. This design is now available...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A 1930s-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster advertising a Federal Art Project exhibit entitled “Index of American Design” was the basis for Art and Design JNL.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
In the 1930s the WPA (Works Progress Administration) was involved with getting a number of Americans back to work during the Great Depression. One faction of the WPA’s efforts was the Federal Art Project....