Font Con Fonts
Although many pieces of sheet music used standardized backgrounds and metal type for their titles and information, there are hundreds of songs with innovative illustrations and clever typography beckoning potential buyers with their cover...
In the days of hand lettering, a common philosophy was “the problem creates the solution”. Often times the layout artist would have to adapt the lettering style to fit the amount of copy on...
Vintage sheet music for the title song from the film “Forty Second Street” was the inspiration for Theater Lights JNL. While the idea of letters comprised of circles (to simulate bulbs) can be both...
On occasion, one type design’s influence can result in a completely different end result. Take the hand lettering found on a 1920s piece of sheet music for the song “Let Me Call You Sweetheart”....
Printers Playthings JNL collects more cartoons, embellishments, ornaments and border pieces into one digital typeface; all re-drawn from vintage source material.
A package for a swim mask and snorkel was the basis for this decidedly unusual typeface with a wild 1970s-era design. There’s no telling how to apply this font to a project, but think...
A package for a swim mask and snorkel was the basis for this decidedly unusual typeface with a wild 1970s-era design. There’s no telling how to apply this font to a project, but think...
Three of the four letters of the name “Jane” on the cover of a vintage piece of sheet music inspired So Nouveau JNL. The free-form swoops emulating the pen lettering of the early 1900s...
Three of the four letters of the name “Jane” on the cover of a vintage piece of sheet music inspired So Nouveau JNL. The free-form swoops emulating the pen lettering of the early 1900s...
Stencil Work JNL was re-drawn from a vintage paper stencil with one inch high Roman letters and numbers, often found in stationery, drug and variety stores in the 1950s through the 1980s.