Casual Nouveau JNL
Free-flowing pen lettering of the Art Nouveau period took letter forms into interesting curves and angles. The style was embraced and revived by the 1960s counter-culture in its rock concert posters and record album...
font_designer: Jeff Levine
Gemstone JNL
A late-19th Century song book entitled “Gems of Scotland – A Beautiful Collection of Scottish Songs” had the words “Gems of Scotland” hand lettered in an ornate, condensed type style now reproduced digitally as...
Badlands JNL
A vintage piece of sheet music for “Waitin’ at the Gate for Katy” (from the 1934 movie “Bottoms Up”) provided the hand-lettered, Western-influenced lettering which is now available as Badlands JNL. Some of the...
Main Feature JNL
Main Feature JNL is patterned after the plastic letters found on theater marquees. As an extra bonus, the | (bar) key has the phrase “double feature”, the ^ (ascii circumflex) has the word “and”...
Slim Nouveau JNL
At times, one source of inspiration can generate more than one idea. This was the case with the 1918 sheet music for the song “You’re Still an Old Sweetheart of Mine”. The cover displays...
Wood Sans Narrow JNL
Wood Sans Narrow JNL is based on examples of an extra condensed Hamilton Wood Type. The design was cleaned up a bit to provide more uniform stroke widths, but still retains the nostalgic feel...
Martial Arts JNL
The 1946 foreign publication entitled “100 Alphabets Publicitaires” (“100 Advertising Alphabets”) collects a number of interesting and attractive lettering samples for design inspiration. One such example is Asian-inspired and was re-drawn as the…
Peppermill JNL
A bold sans serif with occasional rule-breaking vertical serifs on some characters was found within page examples from the book “100 Alphabets Publicitaires” (“100 Advertising Alphabets”). Although a few of those vertical serifs extended...
Script Spot Initials JNL
Amidst the pages of the 1946 foreign-printed “100 Alphabets Publicitaires” (“100 Advertising Alphabets”) was an example of a beautiful vertical script type design with a somewhat calligraphic look. This became the work model for...
Relaxation JNL
Amongst the pages of a 1946 foreign publication entitled “100 Alphabets Publicitaires” (“100 Advertising Alphabets”) is the casual brush stroke sans that was the design basis for Relaxation JNL.