As an ingredient of the large family of display typefaces “Moho”, John Moore Type Foundry presents another variation of fonts consisting of two components: a main font Moho Sport based on a thick outline...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
RiFF/RaFF is kind of a Typewriter-Old-Skool typeface specially designed for Arie Lenoir (Lenoirschuring) one of the best Dutch printers. It’s quite a simple and straightforward monospace font that comes in two different weights. What’s...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Inspired by the hand-lettered address for the publisher of some 1920s sheet music, Nouveau Yorke JNL is a throwback to a simpler period in time when sheet music and piano rolls were the mainstay...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
While the inspiration for Prospect Heights JNL may have been a piece of vintage sheet music entitled “My Ohio Lullaby”, the name is classically New York. To be precise, it’s a neighborhood in the...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Prospect Park JNL was inspired by inline lettering found on some vintage sheet music from the Art Deco era entitled “By My Side”. The font’s namesake is located in the Crown Heights section of...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
A 1940s-era package of “Herald Square” carbon paper sold by the F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 cent stores offered up the hand lettered Art Deco design of Stationery Department JNL.
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The term “transcribed” takes on many definitions. In sheet music (the source of this type face design) it means to set down onto paper. In the formative days of radio, and until the advent...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Named for a Manhattan neighborhood, Morningside Heights JNL is based on lettering found on a 1920s-era piece of sheet music. Part of the charm of hand lettering from the Art Nouveau era is found...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
Vintage sheet music for the 1920s song “Where Did Robinson Crusoe Go with Friday on Saturday Night?” yielded the hand lettered Art Nouveau alphabet for Nouveau Display JNL. Because the Art Nouveau movement was...
by Staff · Published May 26, 2015
· Last modified December 28, 2022
The vast resource of hand lettered vintage sheet music titles offers many interesting and unique variations on even the simplest styles of lettering. A simple thick-and-thin serif design circa the 1920s-1930s evokes a reminiscence...