Based in part on the hand-lettered title for a piece of vintage sheet music, Hayride JNL gets both its inspiration and name from Michael Todd’s 1948 production “Mexican Hayride”. The original design was in...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Pop Tune JNL comes from the hand-lettered title on sheet music for “Does Your Heart Beat for Me?”. This 1940s hit was co-written and made famous by Russ Morgan and His Orchestra. Many vintage...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Printers Playtoys JNL is another set of vintage letterpress cuts and embellishments that have been carefully re-drawn and added to the growing collection at Jeff Levine Fonts.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Three of the four letters of the name “Jane” on the cover of a vintage piece of sheet music inspired So Nouveau JNL. The free-form swoops emulating the pen lettering of the early 1900s...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Stencil Work JNL was re-drawn from a vintage paper stencil with one inch high Roman letters and numbers, often found in stationery, drug and variety stores in the 1950s through the 1980s.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A “tunesmith” is one so nicknamed because the person or persons craft (compose) a song from scratch. When the area of Broadway known as Tin Pan Alley was in its heyday, every music publisher’s...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
On occasion, one type design’s influence can result in a completely different end result. Take the hand lettering found on a 1920s piece of sheet music for the song “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”....
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Printers Playthings JNL collects more cartoons, embellishments, ornaments and border pieces into one digital typeface; all re-drawn from vintage source material.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A package for a swim mask and snorkel was the basis for this decidedly unusual typeface with a wild 1970s-era design. There’s no telling how to apply this font to a project, but think...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Vintage sheet music for the title song from the film “Forty Second Street” was the inspiration for Theater Lights JNL. While the idea of letters comprised of circles (to simulate bulbs) can be both...