Sign Sans JNL
The original source of design for Sign Sans JNL was an image online of an old New York drinking establishment called the Lenox Lounge. The metal channels encasing the neon had an unusual “feel”...
font_designer: Jeff Levine
Solid Deco JNL
Solid Deco JNL was modeled after a small sign with the word “restaurant” in an unusual Art Deco solid lettering style. It was spotted within the same image of the Lenox Lounge in New...
Hotel District JNL
The sans serif type style for the specialty font Nameplate JNL was given a serif treatment and is now Hotel District JNL complete with a full character set. Originally inspired by two Art Deco-era...
Nameplate JNL
Two attractive cast metal door signs reading “Men” and “Ladies” from back in the Art Deco era inspired the idea for Nameplate JNL. The left parenthesis key starts the border decoration, and the right...
Parks Department JNL
A WPA (Works Progress Administration) sponsored Water Carnival taking place in Central Park in the 1930s had “Department of Parks, City of New York” in the thin Art Deco hand lettering which is now...
Art Exhibit JNL
In the 1930s the WPA (Works Progress Administration) was involved with getting a number of Americans back to work during the Great Depression. One faction of the WPA’s efforts was the Federal Art Project....
Music Festival JNL
The Federal Music Project was part of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s WPA (Works Progress Administration), putting many people back to work in the Depression years of the 1930s. A hand-lettered poster advertising an “American Music...
Newsmaker JNL
A WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster from the 1940s saying “Behind the Headlines” presented the title hand-lettered in a bold, condensed slab serif. This became the model for Newsmaker JNL, available in both regular...
Infrastructure JNL
A 1930s-era poster to “See America – Welcome to Montana” was issued by the United States Travel Bureau; one of the WPA (Works Progress Administrations) projects promoting travel and tourism within the country. The...
Talent Show JNL
A 1930s hand-lettered poster for the play “The Cradle Will Rock”, put on by the WPA (Works Progress Administration) Federal Theater Project is the source material for Talent Show JNL; available in both regular...