font_designer: Jeff Levine

Piano Solo JNL

Piano Solo JNL font

The hand-lettered name on a couple of 1940s-era piano course books was the basis for Piano Solo JNL.

Printers Stock Cuts JNL

Printers Stock Cuts JNL font

Still more vintage letterpress cartoons, cuts, dingbats, ad enhancers and embellishments comprise Printers Stock Cuts JNL.

Printers Drawer JNL

Printers Drawer JNL font

Printers Drawer JNL continues building on a library of letterpress illustrations, cartoons, ad builders, Art Deco ad panels, ornaments, embellishments, and general miscellany. The images are re-drawn from vintage source material, and this font...

Brazil Nut JNL

Brazil Nut JNL font

Brazil Nut JNL comes from hand lettering on some 1920s sheet music from Florenz Ziegfeld’s musical comedy “Rio Rita”.

Musical Number JNL

Musical Number JNL font

In the MGM musical “Broadway Melody of 1940”, a new stage production has its gala opening at the fictitious Lafayette Theater on the Great White Way. The front of the theater is resplendent with...

Musical Number JNL

Musical Number JNL font

In the MGM musical “Broadway Melody of 1940”, a new stage production has its gala opening at the fictitious Lafayette Theater on the Great White Way. The front of the theater is resplendent with...

Saskatoon Stencil JNL

Saskatoon Stencil JNL font

Inspiration for font design takes on many shapes and forms. It can be vintage source material, visualized concepts or simply suggestions made by others. In an email conversation with Kevin Redekop (the Principal Designer...

Letterpress Pieces JNL

Letterpress Pieces JNL font

From cartoons to ad helpers to embellishments and ornaments, Letterpress Pieces JNL is another collection of vintage imagery from the pre-computer era of printing and advertising.

Restaurant And Lounge JNL

Restaurant And Lounge JNL font

Restaurant and Lounge is a casual, brush-style type face based on hand lettering found on a 1940s matchbook for the Park Avenue Restaurant (a popular dining spot during the golden years of Miami Beach).

Rounded Sans Wood JNL

Rounded Sans Wood JNL font

Examples of a wood type alphabet for letterpress are the basis for Rounded Sans Wood JNL. Clean and bold, the rounded ends give a softer, more informal look to any display copy.