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A set of transfer patterns for sewing decorative monogram initials on clothing was manufactured by Women’s Day magazine circa the 1940s. Designed by renowned Copenhagen-born industrial artist and letterer Gustav Boerge Jensen [April 8,...
Diamond Callouts JNL is a set of two fonts featuring diamond (triangle) shaped callouts. As a companion font to Circle Callouts JNL, Square Callouts JNL and Serif Circle Callouts JNL, this design takes on...
The 1933 sheet music compilation entitled “Kate Smith Memories Song Book” had the singer’s name hand lettered in a bold, spurred serif typeface. This lettering design became the basis for Radio Show JNL, which...
The cover of “Intermediate Steps to the Band” (an instructional book for marching band originally published by Mills Music in 1947) featured the title in a hand lettered multi-line sans serif with Art Deco...
The cover of the sheet music for the 1931 song “When the Autumn Leaves of Life Begin to Fall” has the song’s title hand lettered in a thin monoline Art Deco Style. The song...
The extra bold version of R. Hunter Middleton’s “Karnak” (produced in 1936 for Ludlow) served as the model for Bookkeeping JNL and is a companion to Bookkeeper JNL (the light weight version of this...
The 1912 publication “Essentials of Lettering” has an example of a hand lettered, condensed spurred serif design called “Compressed Roman”. This is now available digitally as New Thin Roman JNL in both regular and...
A circa-1920s book on lettering entitled “Book of Alphabets” by Regan Publishing displayed an example of a Grotesk typeface (a popular style of sans serif of the time). This design was re-drawn digitally as...
A 1916 lettering book provided an example of a slab serif alphabet with Art Nouveau influence designed by Thomas Wood Stevens. This alphabet served as the model for Nouveau Lettering JNL, which is available...
The sheet music for “Good Night Angel” from the 1937 motion picture “Radio City Revels”, had the movie’s title hand lettered in a free form Art Deco sans serif design. This has been recreated...