A 1918 lettering instruction book by William Hugh Gordon presented a number of lettering styles that were geared toward sign and show card painters along with tips and tricks regarding the correct construction of...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Pen Gothic JNL emulates lettering made with a round nib lettering pen, and is loosely based on some text found on the popular 1918 song “Ja-Da”. The font is available in regular and oblique...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A 1935 song with the unusual title of “Dinner for One Please, James” had its title hand lettered on the cover of the sheet music with simple, condensed letters made by a round point...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The idea started with the 1934 sheet music of “Mazurka Amabile”. Its hand drawn title had most of the letters rendered in a rectangular shape [‘square’ in the sign trade] that featured rounded corners...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Inspired by the hand lettered phrase “the pen is mightier than the sword” in a 1923 promotional blurb for Speedball lettering pens, Pen Nib Western JNL recreates the decorative style of this vintage artistic...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Pen Nouveau JNL is a perfect example of the fluid, free-form pen lettering popularized during the Art Nouveau era of the early 1900s. The type face was modeled from the lettering on the cover...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1938 sheet music for “(The Dwarves Marching Song) Heigh-Ho” from Walt Disney’s “Snow White” had the part of the title in parenthesis hand lettered with a round nib ink pen. This lettering became...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The unusually-shaped hand lettering of Penny Wise JNL was modeled from the cover of the 1936 sheet music for “You Dropped Me Like a Red Hot Penny”, and is available in both regular and...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The same 1935 piece of sheet music (“Along Tobacco Road”) that yielded the multi-line lettering design for Deco Triline JNL has also provided lettering examples inspired by the writers’ credits for what is now...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A bold sans serif with occasional rule-breaking vertical serifs on some characters was found within page examples from the book “100 Alphabets Publicitaires” (“100 Advertising Alphabets”). Although a few of those vertical serifs extended...