Ruskin
The origin of Ruskin was a commission for Michael Harvey to design a signage font for the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh. The style of the letterforms was to complement the period of the building...
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Victoriana
Victoriana arose from an inquiry from the Victorian Society for a Victorian font for their journal. As it turned out, no commission resulted, but interest in such a font was aroused in Andy Benedek....
Fantasy
Fantasy draws on a series of historical calligraphic traditions: Roman capitals, Lombardic initials, enlightenment era ornamentation and refinement. The user is invited to deploy their imagination playing with the alternates, ornaments and frames in…
Prospector JNL
Prospector JNL is based on a lettering example found in an old Speedball-pen lettering handbook.
Rustic Inn JNL
Rustic Inn JNL comes from hand lettering on a vintage piece of sheet music entitled “My Cabin of Dreams”.
Showpiece JNL
Showpiece JNL was redrawn from the hand lettering for the name and address of a music publisher found on some 1930s-era sheet music. The lettering style has features influenced a bit by both the...
Song Plugger JNL
In the heyday of “Tin Pan Alley”, a song plugger was one whose job it was to bring a publisher’s song to the attention of performers, show producers and radio station executives; the forerunner...
Vocalist JNL
Vocalist JNL is a bit of a novelty Art Deco typeface based on hand lettering from some 1940s sheet music. Using the classic “thick and thin” style of the day, a number of letters...
Wine Cellar JNL
Wine Cellar JNL is a bold, yet casual display face found on some 1930s-era sheet music entitled “Everybody Wants a Key to My Cellar”. Since the subject of the song had a number of...