font_foundry: Jeff Levine

School Project JNL

School Project JNL font

A set of self-adhesive poster board letters once made by the E-Z Letter Stencil Company and sold under the name “Quik Stik” was the model for School Project JNL. Ironically, the line was discontinued...

Sign Template JNL

Sign Template JNL font

Sign Template JNL is based on one of the many plastic lettering guides manufactured by the now-defunct Wright-Regan Instrument Company (also known as WRICO). Aside from their engineering and drafting templates and tools, WRICO...

Lettering Project JNL

Lettering Project JNL font

Lettering Project JNL was based on one of the many templates made by the Wood-Regan Instrument Company (also known as Wrico). Their sign making kits allowed anyone using the templates, special ink pens and...

Lettering Project JNL

Lettering Project JNL font

Lettering Project JNL was based on one of the many templates made by the Wood-Regan Instrument Company (also known as Wrico). Their sign making kits allowed anyone using the templates, special ink pens and...

Personal Message JNL

Personal Message JNL font

Inspired by the calligraphic poster art of Santa Fe’s Randall Hasson, Personal Message JNL is part calligraphic, part cartoon lettering. A light, casual and friendly design, Personal Message JNL can be applied to many...

Printers Decorations JNL

Printers Decorations JNL font

More vintage cartoons, decorations, embellishments and various letterpress dingbats have been re-drawn and collected in Printers Decorations JNL.

Slim Chance JNL

Slim Chance JNL font

Another bit of font inspiration came to the attention of Jeff Levine through his friend Gene Gable. An image of vintage packaging for Aquapruf Ear Drum Protectors (swimmer’s ear plugs) offered the narrow and...

Stamped Brass Stencil JNL

Stamped Brass Stencil JNL font

Up until the advent of modern packing and shipping methods, the common way to mark merchandise or other items to be transported was through the use of a brass stencil. These marking devices were...

Case Lot JNL

Case Lot JNL font

A style example found within the pages of a vintage type foundry catalog inspired Case Lot JNL. The design is a classic early 20th Century sans with chamfered corners.

Endless Sixties JNL

Endless Sixties JNL font

Sunny summer days, white sand beaches and radical waves come to mind with Endless Sixties JNL, inspired by a poster for a surfing movie entitled “Planet Aura”. The image of the poster was provided...