Music Festival JNL
The Federal Music Project was part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s WPA (Works Progress Administration), putting many people back to work in the Depression years of the 1930s. A hand-lettered poster advertising an “American Music...
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Musical Prelude JNL
Musical Prelude JNL is a thin Art Deco typeface with some interesting character shapes, and was inspired by the hand lettering on the cover of the 1933 sheet music for “Blue Prelude” by Gordon...
Mystery Show JNL
Mystery Show JNL was modeled after the hand lettered titles found on various early episodes of the 1950s TV suspense program “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”. The design emulates characteristics found in Frederic W. Goudy’s Copperplate...
Mystic East JNL
The cast credits for the 1954 film “Hell’s Half Acre” (Wendell Corey, Evelyn Keyes and Elsa Lanchester) provided the basis for Mystic East JNL.
Nameplate JNL
Two attractive cast metal door signs reading “Men” and “Ladies” from back in the Art Deco era inspired the idea for Nameplate JNL. The left parenthesis key starts the border decoration, and the right...
Narrow Nouveau JNL
Narrow Nouveau JNL come from the hand lettered title on a 1907 song folio for George M. Cohan’s “The Talk of New York”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.
Narrow Roman Stencil JNL
Narrow Roman Stencil JNL was modeled from a vintage brass sign for identification of a ballroom.
National Parks JNL
National Parks JNL was based on a 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster where the word “National Parks” was hand lettered in an unusual and eclectic Art Deco style. Bold and non-conformist, the typeface...
Neurotic Roman JNL
The free-form, Art Nouveau hand lettering on the cover of the sheet music for 1915’s “She Was All That a Pal Ought to Be” inspired Neurotic Roman JNL; available in both regular and oblique...
New Thin Roman JNL
The 1912 publication “Essentials of Lettering” has an example of a hand lettered, condensed spurred serif design called “Compressed Roman”. This is now available digitally as New Thin Roman JNL in both regular and...