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Funny Business JNL

Funny Business JNL font

The hand lettered title on the sheet music for “Gee, But I’d Like to Make You Happy” (from the 1930 MGM motion picture “Good News”) presented a conundrum. Some of the lettering was a...

Funny Papers JNL

Funny Papers JNL font

Sheet music for the 1910 composition “Good-By Betty Brown” has its title hand lettered in a thick and thin, condensed sans serif design reminiscent of lettering found in later comic strips and books of...

Gemstone JNL

Gemstone JNL font

A late-19th Century song book entitled “Gems of Scotland – A Beautiful Collection of Scottish Songs” had the words “Gems of Scotland” hand lettered in an ornate, condensed type style now reproduced digitally as...

Gift List JNL

Gift List JNL font

It’s bold, it’s blocky, it has rounded corners and was inspired by hand lettering on a vintage booklet for children’s craft gift projects. It has regular and oblique versions. It’s Gift List JNL.

Go Home JNL

Go Home JNL font

Sheet music for another one of those songs from the early part of the 20th Century with a wonderfully wordy hand lettered title was the model for the Art Nouveau flavored Go Home JNL,...

Good Night JNL

Good Night JNL font

The beautiful hand lettering on the sheet music cover for Will R. Anderson’s “Good Night Dear” (circa 1908) features quaint, semi-calligraphic lettering in the Art Nouveau Style. The song itself was popularized by Billie...

Graduating Class JNL

Graduating Class JNL font

Graduating Class JNL was inspired by the hand lettered titles found on a 1934 high school yearbook from Richmond Hill, NY called “The Senior Dome”. This Art Deco era type design is available in...

Hand Cut Stencil JNL

Hand Cut Stencil JNL font

Hand Cut Stencil JNL is a condensed Roman typeface modeled from an antique tin stencil hand cut for shipping merchandise. The design is available in regular and oblique versions.

Handmade Headline JNL

Handmade Headline JNL font

Hand lettered titling on the 1945 sheet music for “Don’t Forget To-Night, To-Morrow” is in a simple, condensed sans serif style with a slight hint of Art Deco influence. This is now available as...

Handmade Nouveau JNL

Handmade Nouveau JNL font

An example of Art Nouveau lettering (complete with its unusual characters and varying shape widths) was found in a sample from the vintage publication “Modeles de Lettres Artistiques” (“Models of Artistic Letters”). This classic...