font_foundry: Jeff Levine

Transcribed JNL

Transcribed JNL font

The term “transcribed” takes on many definitions. In sheet music (the source of this type face design) it means to set down onto paper. In the formative days of radio, and until the advent...

Nouveau Nights JNL

Nouveau Nights JNL font

The deep well of creativity that is the era of the hand lettered sheet music title page brings forth Nouveau Nights JNL. Re-drawn from a period example of the 1920s, this titling font perfectly...

Prospect Park JNL

Prospect Park JNL font

Prospect Park JNL was inspired by inline lettering found on some vintage sheet music from the Art Deco era entitled “By My Side”. The font’s namesake is located in the Crown Heights section of...

Stationery Department JNL

Stationery Department JNL font

A 1940s-era package of “Herald Square” carbon paper sold by the F.W. Woolworth 5 & 10 cent stores offered up the hand lettered Art Deco design of Stationery Department JNL.

Bay Ridge JNL

Bay Ridge JNL font

Bay Ridge JNL, modeled from vintage sheet music lettering, is named for a neighborhood in the Southwest corner of the borough of Brooklyn, New York.

Nouveau Yorke JNL

Nouveau Yorke JNL font

Inspired by the hand-lettered address for the publisher of some 1920s sheet music, Nouveau Yorke JNL is a throwback to a simpler period in time when sheet music and piano rolls were the mainstay...

Nouveau Yorke JNL

Nouveau Yorke JNL font

Inspired by the hand-lettered address for the publisher of some 1920s sheet music, Nouveau Yorke JNL is a throwback to a simpler period in time when sheet music and piano rolls were the mainstay...

Prospect Heights JNL

Prospect Heights JNL font

While the inspiration for Prospect Heights JNL may have been a piece of vintage sheet music entitled “My Ohio Lullaby”, the name is classically New York. To be precise, it’s a neighborhood in the...

Broadcast JNL

Broadcast JNL font

The vast resource of hand lettered vintage sheet music titles offers many interesting and unique variations on even the simplest styles of lettering. A simple thick-and-thin serif design circa the 1920s-1930s evokes a reminiscence...

Broadcast JNL

Broadcast JNL font

The vast resource of hand lettered vintage sheet music titles offers many interesting and unique variations on even the simplest styles of lettering. A simple thick-and-thin serif design circa the 1920s-1930s evokes a reminiscence...