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The roots of Nouveau Handlettered JNL go back to the sheet music cover for the 1917 song “(Someday) Somebody’s Gonna Get You”. This simple style of sans serif titling has the casual, imperfect charm...

The cover of the 1907 sheet music for “I’d Rather Twostep Than Waltz, Bill” was hand lettered in an Art Nouveau sans serif alphabet. During the hippie counter-culture movement of the 1960s, rock posters,...

A 1916 lettering book provided an example of a slab serif alphabet with Art Nouveau influence designed by Thomas Wood Stevens. This alphabet served as the model for Nouveau Lettering JNL, which is available...

The hand lettered title on the sheet music for 1917’s “If They’d Never Take You from Me” was the basis for the Art Nouveau sans design of Nouveau Romance JNL. This elegant sans serif...

The cover on the sheet music for the 1922 song “If She Comes from Dixie” had the title hand-lettered in an Art Nouveau style with a semi-stencil effect. It’s now available as Nouveau Semi...

The cover of the 1902 sheet music for “I’ll Be Baby in Baby’s Place” features the title hand lettered in a wonderful Art Nouveau slab serif style with many eccentric letter forms. This is...

Sheet music for the 1915 song “Is There Still Room for Me Neath the Old Apple Tree” had the title hand-lettered in a condensed, square sans serif. Although far from the more decorative lettering...

The hand lettering found on the cover of the 1912 sheet music for “Somebody Else is Getting It” featured a blockish Art Nouveau style with rounded corners and a very lurid title [although it...

The sheet music for the 1917 song “Wake Up Virginia (and Prepare for Your Wedding Day)” features a hand lettered title in a sans serif Art Nouveau design with stencil influences. This was the...