font_designer: Jeff Levine

Work Crew Stencil JNL

Work Crew Stencil JNL font

In the 1949 Paramount comedy “My Friend Irma” (a film based on the popular radio series that introduced America to Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis), an opening gag set-up involving excavation work utilizes street...

Brass Rail JNL

Brass Rail JNL font

Brass Rail JNL is a novelty font, with its name derived from two key components of the source material. It was modeled from examples of vintage small letters stamped out of brass with “rails”...

Retail Stencil JNL

Retail Stencil JNL font

Retail Stencil JNL was modeled from a set of 2 inch lettering stencils manufactured during the 1980s. Although similar in design to Excess Baggage JNL, there are a number of character differences as to...

Suggestion Box JNL

Suggestion Box JNL font

The 1929 sheet music for Cole Porter’s “You Do Something to Me” (from the musical stage comedy “Fifty Million Frenchmen”) has the name of the play hand lettered in a bold sans with an...

Suggestion Box JNL

Suggestion Box JNL font

The 1929 sheet music for Cole Porter’s “You Do Something to Me” (from the musical stage comedy “Fifty Million Frenchmen”) has the name of the play hand lettered in a bold sans with an...

Swing Era JNL

Swing Era JNL font

Hand lettered Art Deco lettering for the title on the cover of the 1930s-era song “And I Still Do” provided the inspiration for Swing Era JNL. A bold, casual and friendly typeface, it features...

Tin Stencil JNL

Tin Stencil JNL font

Tin Stencil JNL was modeled from examples of an antique metal stencil letter and number set.

Innerspring JNL

Innerspring JNL font

A silk screened sign promoting a mattress sale that was spotted on Flickr features Art Deco-influenced sans serif lettering that is the basis for Innerspring JNL.

Type Warmers JNL

Type Warmers JNL font

The name Type Warmers JNL traces its lineage to small catalog booklets issued by Indianapolis’ Cobb Shinn for his line of letterpress cuts; of which a few can be found included within this typeface....

Type Warmers JNL

Type Warmers JNL font

The name Type Warmers JNL traces its lineage to small catalog booklets issued by Indianapolis’ Cobb Shinn for his line of letterpress cuts; of which a few can be found included within this typeface....