The cover of the 1939 sheet music for “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now” has the title set in an outline sans – or is in an inline? With almost equal space and line...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Hand lettering on the cover of the 1932 sheet music for “Sleep, Come On and Take Me” was the basis for Overnight JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Overton JNL is based on some of the preliminary letter designs by Rudolf Wolf which evolved into his 1929 type design Memphis and is available in both regular and oblique versions. Memphis was the...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Lettering on the sheet music cover for the title song from the 1957 Marlon Brando movie “Sayonara” was the model for Pacific Island JNL. The design has an Asiatic influence, but also reflects a...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A vintage matchbook advertising the New York Liquor Mart – oddly enough, located in Chicago, Illinois – featured a pen and ink line drawing of the store’s exterior. The Art Deco lettering on the...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Parenting JNL is a stylized Art Deco sans serif type design originally found on a vintage WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster designed by the Federal Art Project and touting the topic of “The Job...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Vintage French tin stencils with various phrases were the model for Paris Stencil JNL. The type design is available in both regular and oblique versions.
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sheet music for the song “My Ideal” (from the 1930 Paramount picture “Playboy of Paris” starring Maurice Chevalier) had the name of the movie hand lettered in an Art Deco, Broadway-influenced type design. This...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A WPA (Works Progress Administration) sponsored Water Carnival taking place in Central Park in the 1930s had “Department of Parks, City of New York” in the thin Art Deco hand lettering which is now...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Comic books based on popular characters have been around pretty much since the advent of comic books themselves. An edition of the “Car 54 Where Are You?” series published by Dell (and based on...