font_designer: Jeff Levine

Vododeo JNL is directly named for the free-form sheet music title lettering from Jack Yellen and Milton Ager’s “Vo-Do-De-O”. The term itself was a catchphrase made popular during the era known as the “Roaring...

On occasion, when seeking retro source material for font designs, one can unearth interesting examples of typography that bridges decades with its ahead-of-its-time style. The songwriter credits on one particular piece of vintage sheet...

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...

The deep well of creativity that is the era of the hand lettered sheet music title page brings forth Nouveau Nights JNL. Re-drawn from a period example of the 1920s, this titling font perfectly...

The free-form geometric shapes of the lettering on a vintage piece of sheet music entitled “Four Pictures” is the basis for Park Slope JNL, named for a neighborhood in Brooklyn, New York.

A piece of hand lettered sheet music from the era of the “Roaring Twenties” served as a model for Raccoon Coat JNL. It was a time of Prohibition, bathtub gin, flappers and college boys...