Showing posts with label 1940s. Show all posts
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Monday, November 4, 2019

Download Narrow Deco JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

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The hand lettered word ‘puzzles’ from the box cover of a 1940s set of metal “connected” puzzle pieces manufactured by the A.C. Gilbert Company was the initial typographic model, but some additions and changes were made. Instead of the right side of the ‘P’ being a semi-circle, it was changed to a more conservative ‘’squared’ look. After drawing out all of the necessary glyphs, the overall height of the characters was extended to make the letters and numbers appear taller and narrower. The end result is Narrow Deco JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Download Narrow Deco JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine
Download Narrow Deco JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine



Download Narrow Deco JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine


Friday, October 11, 2019

Download Ornate Deco Font Family From Jeff Levine

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Download Allerton Font Family From Jeff Levine

Thursday, September 19, 2019

Download Maitre d Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Thursday, September 12, 2019

Download Silly Behavior Font Family From Jeff Levine

Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Download Sign Studio Font Family From Jeff Levine

Friday, September 6, 2019

Download Fine Food Font Family From Jeff Levine

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A 1942 photograph showing the exterior of the famous Hollywood restaurant Sardi’s and it’s unusually lettered sign was the inspiration for Fine Food JNL. Classically Art Deco, the Sardi’s sign had an ‘S’ looking like an inverted ‘J’ with a flat tail, a traditional ‘A’ replaced by a triangle and the ‘R’ composed of a ‘D’ with a diagonal extension. These elements were balanced against more traditional [but complementary] characters to retain the novel charm of the original signage. Fine Food JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.

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Download Fine Food Font Family From Jeff Levine



Download Fine Food Font Family From Jeff Levine


Tuesday, August 27, 2019

Download Chinese Song JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Download Garment Bag Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

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Searching the internet for interesting type ideas leads one to many unusual items for sale online. An antique, hand-cut metal stencil from France with the word “Bagagens” [luggage] provided a condensed Art Deco design in a semi-stencil format (some solid letters, others with traditional ‘breaks’ within the characters). The digital version of the type style has a more traditional stencil character set. Garment Bag Stencil JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.

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Download Garment Bag Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine



Download Garment Bag Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine


Saturday, July 20, 2019

Download Supplier Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

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The design idea for this condensed sans serif stencil font was inspired by a post-World War II brass stencil spotted in an online auction. The United States was assisting Europe with much-needed goods, and the text in the middle of a “stars and stripes” shield used for marking the shipping containers read “For European Recovery supplied by the United States of America”. It was the first line (“For European Recovery”) that became the working model for Supplier Stencil JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

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Download Supplier Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine



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Friday, June 21, 2019

Download Department Store JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Friday, June 7, 2019

Download Sign and Display JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

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Sign and Display JNL is a long-overdue companion font to 2009’s Sign and Poster JNL. The original design models were Art Deco influenced die-cut cardboard letters and numbers manufactured by the Duro Decal Company of Chicago. Square in shape with rounded corners, the thick cardboard letters were used for making show-cards and other display signage. Subsequently, Duro used the same style of lettering to manufacture water-applied decals for boat identification and other uses. It was a set of these decals (with a black outline and yellow interior) that inspired the outline typeface Sign and Display JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

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Download Sign and Display JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine


Friday, May 31, 2019

Download Kiddie Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

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At one time, the Hampton Publishing Company of New York specialized in producing reading and activity books for children. The “Letters and Numbers Stencil Book” (probably from the late 1940s or early 1950s) was the basis for Kiddie Stencil JNL. This bold sans serif type style replicates the handmade steel rule dies used for cutting the stencil pages of the book, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.

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Download Kiddie Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine



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Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Download Sky Clipper JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

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Sky Clipper JNL is a bold, Art Deco sans serif typeface derived from the hand lettered title on a 1940s-era “Big Little Book” entitled “Flying the Sky Clipper with Winsie Atkins”. The design is available in both regular and oblique versions. “Big Little Books” were published by the Whitman Publishing company and featured short stories printed in a tiny sized book format for young children.

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Friday, May 10, 2019

Download Mimeograph Template JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

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Before ink jet and laser printers; before copy machines, the main way to make multiples of anything not provided by printing press was by a mimeograph machine or spirit duplicator. The mimeograph utilized a porous drum which inked the backside of a waxed stencil sheet. Unlike traditional stencils which have cut out areas that are directly inked or painted, a mimeo stencil has the area to be printed scratched away by removing the wax coating with a stylus. The resulting image allows the ink from the drum to seep through the sheet and transfer to the blank paper. Based on a plastic lettering guide once manufactured by the A.B. Dick Company of Chicago, Mimeograph Template JNL is available in regular and oblique versions. Albert Blake Dick, the company’s founder, coined the term ‘mimeography’. The font’s character shapes follow the routed letters of the template, complete with rounded terminals. An earlier font release [designed with flat terminals and some alternate characters] is available as Interoffice Memo JNL.

Download Mimeograph Template JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine
Download Mimeograph Template JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine



Download Mimeograph Template JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine


Monday, April 15, 2019

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