Decorative Fonts

Dance Partner JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2015
Post category:decorative

The unusual mix of Art Deco lettering with a smattering of Art Nouveau characters found within Dance Partner JNL comes from a movie poster for the 1935 RKO picture "Roberta"…

Danish Script Initials JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2019
Post category:decorative

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…

Dambera

Post author:Tour De Forcestaff
Post published:2016
Post category:decorative

Dambera is a made up word I used as planet name in my first comic published in a kids magazine when I was 6 years old. Dambera font has pretty…

Dance Lesson JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2015
Post category:decorative

Dance Lesson JNL is a reinterpretation of the popular "Latin Bold" typeface. The font's name is a reference to the Latin dance craze of the 1950s, when the Cha-Cha, Meringue,…

Czech Stencil JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2015
Post category:decorative

Czech Stencil JNL was modeled from examples of a 1930s-era typeface from Czechoslovokia called "Patrona Grotesk" as seen in the Steven Heller-Louise Fili book "Stencil Type" (published by Thames and…

Czykago Rough

Post author:TypoGraphicDesignstaff
Post published:2020
Post category:decorative

From 2019 back to the 90s … The typeface “Czykago Rough” by Alexander Branczyk and Manuel Viergutz is a re-issue of the font “Czykago” published in 1995 by the font…

Daft Brush

Post author:PintassilgoPrintsstaff
Post published:2014
Post category:decorative

Daft Brush is the stylish contemporary brush font you've been looking for. It’s not just a rad face. The original cut brings not only 2 or 3, but 4 alternates…

Curtain Up JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2018
Post category:decorative

The 1937 sheet music for the tune "Sweet Stranger" has the title hand lettered in a round cornered Art Deco sans with an inline featuring square corners. Now available as…

Cuadrifonte

Post author:PintassilgoPrintsstaff
Post published:2010
Post category:decorative

Cuadrifonte was freely inspired by the lettering from a 1917 poster – the only recorded poster designed by the architect and furniture designer Gerrit Rietveld. It is a hand-drawn bold…

Crown Heights JNL

Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
Post published:2007
Post category:decorative

Named for his childhood neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY, Jeff Levine's Crown Heights JNL is a lightline all-caps titling font excellent for short words or phrases. Its inspiration is remotely based…