Common Stencil JNL takes a vintage lettering stencil from the 1980s with imperfectly bent cutting dies [which unintentionally gave the characters a distressed or “grunge” look] and recreates it in a digital form. The...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
There are thousands of pieces of vintage sheet music available for collectors and curiosity seekers. Prior to the 1930s, a large percentage of them had wonderfully hand-lettered titles on the covers, but gradually there...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The design of Concert Series JNL is based on hand-lettering for a 1930s-era WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster for the Federal Music Project of New York City’s symphony concerts. Held every Sunday at the...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sheet music published in the 1860s for “The Soldier’s Chorus” [from the Gounod opera “Faust”] had the title and the arranger’s name hand lettered in a bold, condensed chamfer font. This was the basis...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The sheet music for the 1914 Word War I comic novelty song “When the War Breaks Out in Mexico I’m Going to Go to Montreal” had one of those overly-worded song titles popular during...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Comic books are filled with pages full of the daring adventures of crime fighters with colorful costumes, amazing abilities and wondrous powers. They have enthralled kids of all ages since the 1930s. Costumed Hero...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The Art Nouveau hand lettered title on the sheet music for the 1909 composition “If the Wind Had Only Blown the Other Way” was the basis for Courtship JNL, which is available in both...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Cover Art JNL was inspired by the hand-lettered sans serif title of an Art Deco era Portuguese magazine called Ilustraçáo. The mix of conventional and non-conventional letter forms made it a perfect candidate to...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Crepe Paper JNL is an alphabet-only novelty font that creates a wavy ribbon headline with a vintage wood type alphabet that somewhat resembles an unfurled stretch of crepe paper. The upper case A-Z keys...
by Staff · Published April 13, 2019
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The hand lettering found throughout the movie trailer for 1942’s “Mr. and Mrs. North” inspired Criminal Intent JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.