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Uptown Review JNL

Uptown Review JNL font

Cover art for the 1933 sheet music of Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler’s “Stormy Weather” (from the musical production “Cotton Club Parade”) listed the cast of the show in a condensed hand lettered sans...

Shelf Tags JNL

Shelf Tags JNL font

Before the mid-to-late 1970s, when retailers started to embrace UPC (universal price code) technology on a grand scale, pricing merchandise took on many forms. One method especially popular with variety stores (such as Woolworth’s,...

Stovepipe Stencil JNL

Stovepipe Stencil JNL font

Stovepipe Stencil JNL was not directly designed from a vintage source, but it does draw its influences from classic sans serif lettering of the past. Even its name borrows (somewhat gratuitously) from the “stovepipe”...

Totally Deco JNL

Totally Deco JNL font

The hand lettered title found on the sheet music for 1938’s “So Help Me (If I Don’t Love You)” was the basis for Totally Deco JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique...

Transcendental JNL

Transcendental JNL font

At first glance, Transcendental JNL looks like a 1960s or 1970s-era “Hippie” type face, hence its “love generation” name. However, the actual inspiration comes from a piece of sheet music from the early 1900s...

Overton JNL

Overton JNL font

Overton JNL is based on some of the preliminary letter designs by Rudolf Wolf which evolved into his 1929 type design Memphis and is available in both regular and oblique versions. Memphis was the...

Perfume Counter JNL

Perfume Counter JNL font

Perfume Counter JNL was based on the hand lettered song title found on the 1938 sheet music for “At A Perfume Counter (On the Rue de la Paix)” from Billy Rose’s New York revue...

Radio Singer JNL

Radio Singer JNL font

The hand lettered sans serif title on the sheet music for the 1930s song “I’m Alone Because I Love You” was the inspiration for Radio Singer JNL, which is available in both regular and...

Bulk Weight JNL

Bulk Weight JNL font

Bulk Weight JNL is a stripped down version of Inline Square JNL (based on 1930s sheet music hand lettering) with the inline removed. What is left behind is a thick, bulky, ultra bold lettering...

Inline Square JNL

Inline Square JNL font

Inline Square JNL is modeled from the hand lettered title found on the 1935 sheet music for “Cielito Lindo (Beautiful Heaven)”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.