Caravel is a Latin grotesk sans typeface family. An original contribution to a well-known style, Caravel distinguishes itself from similar typefaces by adding in extra character where it can; several lowercase letters and non-alphabetic...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Mute is a humanist sans typeface family developed for User interface (UI) designs. Its letters have low stroke-contrast and terminals that end on the horizontal or the vertical, making its apertures open and the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Scribbler, like Double Quick (another one of my fonts), is a handwritten typeface, designed to look like a quick grocery list, a hasty ‘I Love You’ note penned down on a Post-it or a...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 27, 2022
It took me a long time, but I think I now understand why people of my generation and older feel the need to frame current events in an historical context or precedents, while most...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified October 13, 2015
Stencil-Gothic — designed in 1885 by John West of Brooklyn, New York — is the first known typeface that incorporates interrupted strokes in order to evoke the impression of stencil lettering. In addition to...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
It’s a wood type! It’s a stencil font! It’s BOTH! Clarenwood Stencil JNL was originally designed as a solid alphabet (Clarenwood JNL) modeled from vintage wood type. The stencil treatment was applied to add...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Sheet music featuring a song from the 1933 film “Torch Singer” starring Claudette Colbert was the basis for Dine and Dance JNL. A multi-line Art Deco design, it epitomizes both the typographic style and...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Evening Gown JNL comes from the lettering displayed on a printed ad for the fictional “Gowns by Roberta” in a scene in the 1935 film of the same name. “Roberta” starred Fred Astaire and...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The 1938 movie musical “Carefree” starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers featured the song “Change Partners” by Irving Berlin. A copy of the sheet music for this song had the title hand lettered in...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The unusual mix of Art Deco lettering with a smattering of Art Nouveau characters found within Dance Partner JNL comes from a movie poster for the 1935 RKO picture “Roberta” starring Fred Astaire and...