Sopi is a typography of ornaments, borders and combined frames. It was inspired by the design of limestone tile floors, located in different places in Buenos Aires. All characters have the same measure, which enables the possibility of any desired…
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
How does one arrive at a font name? With the thousands of digital typefaces available, it’s not an easy process. Bandleader JNL was modeled from the hand-lettered title on a piece of sheet music...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The beautiful Art Deco monoline pen lettering on the cover of a 1940s piece of sheet music inspired Central Park JNL. The 1940s was an era when couples took romantic walks along the pathways...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A 1940s-era edition of the sheet music for the Marine Corps Hymn offered up the hand lettering which comprises Ensemble Inline JNL. Bold, condensed and attention-getting, this titling font commands attention. Available in Inline,...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Duluth, Minnesota’s Horace P. Brouillet Syndicate (later known as Syndicuts, Inc.) was one of a number of stock cuts providers to the letterpress trade in the decades preceding paper, then electronic clip art. Brouillet’s...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Found on the back of some sheet music to promote another song was the hand-lettered title “The Snake Charmer”. While not everyone likes snakes, many designers do like the lettering of the Art Deco...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1934 sheet music for “I’ll String Along with You” from the Dick Powell-Ginger Rogers musical “20 Million Sweethearts” yielded the charming Deco monoline design for Words and Music JNL.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1913 sheet music for “There’s A Girl in the Heart of Maryland (with a Heart That Belongs to Me)” may have had no shortage of words in the title – fifteen to be...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A little bit of thick-and-thin Art Deco hand lettering is offered up in Wonderful JNL, based on some promotional text found on an old piece of sheet music.