A piece of sheet music from Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1958 hit “Flower Drum Song” had the play’s name lettered in its iconic Anglo-Japanese style. This became the basis for Rice Wine...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Ritz Slab Serif JNL is a bold display face which shares a lot of similar design traits to Stymie and other similar metal type of the 1930s and 1940s, but in actuality was modeled...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The Art Deco design of Riverside JNL was based on the hand lettered title found on the 1932 sheet music for “By the River Sainte Marie”, and is available in both regular and oblique...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Roman Stencil JNL is a condensed version of the classic Roman typeface found on many vintage hand-punched brass stencils made for packing and shipping merchandise. This digital interpretation is available in both regular and...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The antique sheet music for the 1915 song “A Girl in Your Arms is Worth Two in Your Dreams” had its title hand lettered in a Roman typeface that reflected ever so slightly the...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
During the early years of the 20th Century, America’s fascination with automobiles was just beginning. The cover for a 1916 piece of sheet music for the comedy song “On the Old Back Seat of...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster promoting national parks depicts Native Americans overlooking the land with the tag line “his hunting ground of yesterday”. The hand lettering of that text is reminiscent of...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sanitation JNL is a bold Art Deco sans design inspired by some stylized hand lettering on a 1930s-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster and is available in both regular and oblique versions. The topic...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A vintage metal stencil from a saw mill with the term “reusable skid” was the model for Saw Mill Stencil JNL. Although the original was what would be termed a semi-stencil (some letters did...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Scandals JNL is free-form hand lettering with an Art Nouveau influence showing up on a 1928 piece of sheet music for the song “American Tune”, and is based on the cover text noting the...