Stamped Metal JNL
Online auctions offer a myriad of unique, vintage and novel lettering devices – all which are fertile ground for typographic inspiration. In this instance, a set of stamped metal letters for outdoor signage was...
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Public Utility JNL
Public Utility JNL digitally duplicates the look of those small white-on-black self-adhesive stickers used by cities, power companies and telecommunication firms in order to identify utility poles and other service locations. A blank rectangle...
Promotional Copy JNL
The typeface which inspired Promotional Copy JNL can be found on hundreds of 45 rpm records from the 50s through the 80s, as well as in headlines from articles found in one of the...
Prankster JNL
Prankster JNL gets its inspiration from a casual typeface popularly used in print ads of the 1950s and 1960s. Its friendly, unstructured approach to titles made the style an all-purpose workhorse of the era.
Nondescript JNL
One good pun is worth a simple description… Nondescript JNL… ‘Non’ – not. ‘de’ – of, in Spanish. script – a cursive (handwritten) letter form. So… while nondescript generally means lacking any defining description,...
Night Life JNL
Night Life JNL follows the classic lettering forms of the Art Deco era of the 1930s and 1940s. On the upper case letters, the A,B,E,F,H,K,P and R have extended horizontals, while the lower case...
Monthly Adventures JNL
The cover lettering of a 1940s issue of a romance comic spotted in an auction online was the inspiration for Monthly Adventures JNL. Classic in its Art Deco look, this condensed outline font is...
Home Movies JNL
A set of cling vinyl letters and numbers for titling home movies or slides is the basis for Home Movies JNL. The set was made by the Clingtite Letters Company of Chicago and retailed...
Cartoonist JNL
Cartoonist JNL was modeled from a casual brush lettering style found in a catalog of lettering templates sold by the Wright-Regan Instrument Company (Wrico).
Blu
When flat space becomes curved, folded down and twisted, you get a font unlike others. This is what blu is all about: A font that is multilayered but still highly versatile: Three layers allow...