A slab serif Mr Palker and grotesque Mr Palkerson build one superfamily together. These are blank types. In a way even the display ones. Typefaces for newspapers, announcements, cheap advertising and police posters. Mr...
by Staff · Published January 11, 2016
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Vintage sheet music with the title of “Aparcero” lettered in a bold, Art Deco sans is the basis for Aparcero JNL. The title is a Spanish word that translates to “tenant farmer” or “sharecropper”.
by Staff · Published January 11, 2016
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A lot of interesting variations in lettering style can be found in sets of antique tin or brass marking stencils. One such set was the model for Metalmark Stencil JNL, a bold sans with...
by Staff · Published January 11, 2016
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Occasionally font projects are started, but then set aside for other designs and are subsequently forgotten for a while. Such is the case of More Deco Lettering JNL; a bold thick-and-thin sans modeled from...
by Staff · Published January 11, 2016
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Printers Assistants JNL is a collection of vintage letterpress stock cuts and embellishments features monthly title blocks (for newsletters or calendars of events) in an Art Deco style, a cartoon character counting [with fingers]...
by Staff · Published January 11, 2016
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Charles W. “Plot” Plotner was a cartoonist who had developed a template-based cartooning set for kids circa 1952 called “Plot-O”. A companion set was called “Plot-O the Clown”. “Plot-O” consisted of two plastic templates...
by Staff · Published January 11, 2016
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Afternoon Edition JNL is another classic typeface (with Caslon influence) re-drawn from screen captures of vintage newspaper headlines. The font joins Final Edition JNL, Evening Paper JNL and Morning Paper JNL as a mini-collection...
by Staff · Published January 11, 2016
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Evening Paper JNL, one could say, was “culled from the headlines”. It was. The front page headlines from some 1938 newspapers archived online were the basic model for this font. The typeface design goes...