font_foundry: Jeff Levine

The antique sheet music for the 1915 song “A Girl in Your Arms is Worth Two in Your Dreams” had its title hand lettered in a Roman typeface that reflected ever so slightly the...

A 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster promoting national parks depicts Native Americans overlooking the land with the tag line “his hunting ground of yesterday”. The hand lettering of that text is reminiscent of...

The hand lettered title on the 1943 sheet music for “This Love of Mine” formed the basis for Deco Style JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

An example of hand lettering from a vintage instructional book was the basis for Fashion Statement JNL; available in both regular and oblique versions. This extra-wide “thick and thin” design is perfect for replicating...

A wide and thin hand lettered Art Deco design from the vintage French lettering book “L’Art du Tracé Rationnel de la Lettre” was the inspiration for French Deco JNL; available in both regular and...

Song Crafter JNL was modeled from the writer credits on the cover of the 1943 sheet music for “This Love of Mine”, a tune popularized by Frank Sinatra. The typeface is available in both...

A vintage set of die-cut letters and number by Village Toys (circa 1930s or 1940s) featured a playful, bold serif typeface. This is now available digitally as Toy Letters JNL, in both regular and...

Many decades back, churches, schools and other buildings with a need to display an outdoor message often chose a sign making system utilizing characters silk screened onto metal pieces in a block chamfer style....

A 1930s casual Art Deco type style with as much influence in 1970s graphic design as in its day was found within the pages of the 1930s French publication L’Art du Tracé Rationnel de...

An instructional page from a vintage lettering book displayed online showed the construction of an Art Deco sans design with varying widths and stylized character shapes. This was the basis for Eccentric Sans JNL,...