font_foundry: Jeff Levine
An early 20th-Century French lettering book displayed at an online image sharing site stood out with a hand-lettered version of a classic Victorian font. The lettering – a spur serif top and a split...
Antique Ornaments JNL collects twenty-six vintage printers’ ornaments from the 1800s into one convenient digital font file.
Modern digital typography pushes many designers to try and achieve visual perfection with their lettering. In the days of wooden type, the premise was more in creating a font that “sold” the message (possibly,...
In the days of wood type, suppliers offered words such as ‘and’, ‘at’, ‘for’, ‘each’ and numerous others as stock cuts called “catch words”. This collection of twenty-six were re-drawn using a vintage type...
Endless Journey JNL is Jeff Levine’s interpretation of the ever-popular lettering found on highway signage; giving it a slightly handmade look.
Endless Journey JNL is Jeff Levine’s interpretation of the ever-popular lettering found on highway signage; giving it a slightly handmade look.
Boonville JNL is a slightly condensed version of Cloverdale JNL – a “Western” style typeface based on classic wood type from the 1800s.
Cloverdale JNL is another addition to Jeff Levine’s revivals of classic wood type fonts from the 1800s. Bold, broad and in the “cowboy” style, this typeface goes well with projects featuring the Old West,...
Based on vintage wood type, Nostrand JNL is a tall, condensed serif face – named for an avenue in font designer Jeff Levine’s home town of Brooklyn, New York.
Winnetka JNL was inspired by Cooley Antique Tuscan Condensed – a printer’s wood type manufactured in 1859 by J.G. Cooley. Given an additional hand-made treatment, the lettering resembles characters made from cut paper.