font_foundry: Jeff Levine

Deco Pen JNL

Deco Pen JNL font

Hand lettering found across the sheet music cover of 1931’s “Bend Down, Sister” [from the Eddie Cantor film “Palmy Days”] covered a couple of varying Art Deco styles; both made with a round-tipped pen...

Bases Loaded JNL

Bases Loaded JNL font

Bases Loaded JNL is a contour outline variant of Ebbets JNL, which was in turn a stylized variant of the retro-inspired Base Runner JNL. The design is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Funny Papers JNL

Funny Papers JNL font

Sheet music for the 1910 composition “Good-By Betty Brown” has its title hand lettered in a thick and thin, condensed sans serif design reminiscent of lettering found in later comic strips and books of...

Artistry JNL

Artistry JNL font

The 1935 sheet music for Shirley Temple’s “That’s What I Want for Christmas” [from her 20th Century Fox film “Stowaway”] provided the hand lettered sans which became the model for Artistry JNL. A condensed...

Simply Nouveau JNL

Simply Nouveau JNL font

As Word War I raged on during 1917, a large number of songs were written as morale builders for both the soldiers leaving for overseas service as well as their friends, family and loved...

Song Composer JNL

Song Composer JNL font

The sheet music for the 1939 tune “Chico’s Love Song (Ma-La-Ja Fa-La Pas-Ka Lah-Ta) [Cuban Double Talk]” may have had an odd title, but the main portion of it was hand lettered in an...

Oceanfront Property JNL

Oceanfront Property JNL font

Oceanfront Property JNL was modeled from the hand lettered title on the cover of the 1932 sheet music for “There’s Oceans of Love by the Beautiful Sea”. A simple sans, it still reflects the...

Nouveau To Go JNL

Nouveau To Go JNL font

Nouveau To Go JNL is the digital version of the hand lettered title found on the 1915 sheet music for the song “Don’t Bite the Hand That’s Feeding You”, and is available in both...

Plain Nouveau JNL

Plain Nouveau JNL font

The Women’s Suffrage Movement gained women the right to vote in 1920. Up until then there were many ways undertaken to rally sympathy for the cause. In 1916 Alice Paul formed the National Woman’s...

Poster Pen JNL

Poster Pen JNL font

The bold round point pen lettering on the cover of the 1934 sheet music for “New England in the Rain” was the model and inspiration for Poster Pen JNL, which is available in both...