font_designer: Jeff Levine

Sometimes lettering without any frills or formality gets a message across better than the use of fancier typefaces. The simple charm of the hand-lettered phrase “Safety Comes First” found on a vintage WPA (Works...

Old Bodoni Wide JNL is based on examples of this classic Bodoni design and contains the quirks and imperfections one might find within a wood type font.

Art Museum JNL is yet another take on the classic Art Deco “solid letter” fonts that emulate the style of Futura Black. This version comes to you through the courtesy of a vintage WPA...

It’s bold, it’s blocky, it has rounded corners and was inspired by hand lettering on a vintage booklet for children’s craft gift projects. It has regular and oblique versions. It’s Gift List JNL.

The 1907 novelty song “Since Arrah Wanna Married Barney Carney” (about an Irishman taking an Indian maiden as his bride) had its title hand-lettered in a sans serif style that reflected both the Art...

A vintage hand-punched brass stencil for the Pasadena Playhouse spotted online was the basis for Theatrical Stencil JNL. Slight variations in the letter forms from other similar designs might not quickly be noticed, but...

Frantic Pace JNL is based on hand lettering found on the lid of a late 1950s or early 1960s edition of the Print Craft alphabet printing set once manufactured by the Superior Marking Equipment...

Loosely based on some hand-lettered title cards from various vintage Columbia Pictures two-reel comedies, Short Subject JNL is a pleasant sans serif typeface that is aptly suited for titling and other similar applications.

Washington Heights JNL is a sans serif type design based on a vintage hand-made directional sign for the New York subway system.