Upbeat

The free-form Art Nouveau hand lettering on the cover of the 1918 sheet music for “Smilin’ Through” (from the MGM motion picture of the same name starring Norma Shearer) is…

Continue ReadingUpbeat
Wood Stencil font Woodline font

Woodline

Most folks might picture wood type lettering as the fancy styles of the 1880s which so perfectly evoked images of the Old West. Occasionally there is an exception to that…

Continue ReadingWoodline
Work Yard Stencil font Zoning Department JNL font

Zoning Department JNL

  • Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
  • Post category:Uncategorized

A 1930s-era sign lettering template set manufactured for the National Carbon Company by Wrico (The Wright-Regan Instrument Company) yielded the familiar lettering that comprises Zoning Department JNL. This rounded-end typestyle…

Continue ReadingZoning Department JNL
Zydeco JNL font

Zydeco JNL

  • Post author:Jeff Levinestaff
  • Post category:serif

Zydeco JNL gives the 'Latin' style spur serif treatment to Jeff Levine's Halavah Twist JNL, for a new and fun typeface named after the Louisiana French-Creole music popularized by accordion…

Continue ReadingZydeco JNL
Zodor JNL font

Zodor JNL

Zodor JNL is modeled from the packaging for injection-molded plastic letters used as a teaching toy for youngsters in the early 1960s. The hand-drawn alphabet on the sides of the…

Continue ReadingZodor JNL
Zera JNL font

Zera JNL

Zera JNL is one of those fonts that defy any simple description. While trying out effects on Transactive JNL, Jeff Levine came up with a set of letters comprised of…

Continue ReadingZera JNL
Yorso Square JNL font Yankee Doodle Boy JNL font