Sunday, October 31, 2021

[wmoqs] Download Coffee Bar JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Coffee Bar JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Coffee Bar JNL is a display sans font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


An image of the wide, Art Deco influenced lettering of a sign over a coffee bar inside a Jacksonville, Florida Lovett’s Supermarket (a predecessor to Winn-Dixie) inspired the namesake font Coffee Bar JNL – available in both regular and oblique versions.



Coffee Bar JNL


[cdmla] Download Convicted JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Convicted JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Convicted JNL is a display sans font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


Convicted JNL is a condensed, chamfered sans serif type design inspired by opening credits from the 1940 film of the same name – available in both regular and oblique versions.



Convicted JNL


Saturday, October 30, 2021

[ylaaw] Download Counter Service JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Counter Service JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Counter Service JNL is an art deco and display sans font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


The hand lettered name “Chickland” from a 1958 restaurant menu cover was actually a throwback to the Art Deco style with its condensed thick and thin sans serif design. 

With just a few available letters to work with, it has been turned into Counter Service JNL; available in both regular and oblique versions.



Counter Service JNL


Friday, October 29, 2021

[ciodf] Download Courtroom JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Courtroom JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Courtroom JNL is an art deco font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


Erle Stanley Gardner’s beloved lawyer “Perry Mason” first appeared on screen in a series of six films with Warren Williams starring in four of them.

The hand lettered opening title for 1935’s “The Case of the Lucky Legs” is a classic Art Deco sans serif design, and is now available as Courtroom JNL in both regular and oblique versions.



Courtroom JNL


[wfdls] Download Cruise Director JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Cruise Director JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Cruise Director JNL is an art deco font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


The hand-lettered title on the poster for the 1933 musical comedy film “Melody Cruise” was rendered in an Art Deco thick-and-thin style with ‘engraving lines’ placed within the letters.

This is now available as Cruise Director JNL in both regular and oblique versions.



Cruise Director JNL


[vduxu] Download Customs Agent JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Customs Agent JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Customs Agent JNL is a stencil font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


The hand lettered, condensed stencil title on a movie poster for the 1950 film “Customs Agent” inspired both the digital typeface and the font’s name. 

Customs Agent JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Customs Agent JNL


[dqucx] Download Dance and Sing JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Dance and Sing JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Dance and Sing JNL is a display font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


A 1932 fan magazine from Spain entitled “Films Selectos” (“Select Films”) had those words hand lettered in a decorative Art Deco type style that was a cross between the “Futura Black” style of stencil influenced display lettering and “Fiesta” lettering.

This hybrid design is now available digitally as Dance and Sing JNL in both regular and oblique versions.



Dance and Sing JNL


Thursday, October 28, 2021

[fajsi] Download Dance Records JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Dance Records JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Dance Records JNL is a retro font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


A record album entitled “Calypso” by the Talbot Brothers had a hand lettered cover with a free form style reminiscent of the early 1960s.

This inspired Dance Records JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Dance Records JNL


[wcbxd] Download Dance Time JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Dance Time JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Dance Time JNL is an art deco and display sans font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


The words “Benny Goodman & His Orchestra” on an appearance poster for the band from 1936 were rendered in a beautiful semi-script style of hand lettering.

This unusual Art Deco design is now available as Dance Time JNL in both regular and oblique versions.



Dance Time JNL


[lpxzw] Download Dancing Marathon JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Dancing Marathon JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Dancing Marathon JNL is an art deco font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


The hand lettered title found on the cover of the 1932 sheet music for “Dancing Marathon” inspired the digital revival of this unusual lettering as well as the font’s name.

This eccentric Art Deco design (with a slight bit of Art Nouveau mixed in) is a thin, monoline typeface.

Dancing Marathon JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Dance marathons got their start during the Great Depression as people desperate to earn a few dollars would enter into contests that went on for hours until the last couple remained standing on the dance floor.



Dancing Marathon JNL


Tuesday, October 26, 2021

[paqtz] Download Easy Stencil JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Easy Stencil JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Easy Stencil JNL is a stencil font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


Easy Stencil JNL is a simple sans serif stencil design [based on a hand lettered example] from the 1922 publication “Modern Show Card Writing” and is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Easy Stencil JNL


[kcznz] Download Erratic Nouveau JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Erratic Nouveau JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Erratic Nouveau JNL is an art nouveau font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


The title on the 1925 sheet music for “By the Light of the Stars” was hand lettered in an eccentric Art Nouveau type style with varying character shapes and line widths.

This is now available as Erratic Nouveau JNL in both regular and oblique versions.



Erratic Nouveau JNL


[jkmai] Download Eutaw Stencil JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Eutaw Stencil JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Eutaw Stencil JNL is a stencil font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


A hand lettered emulation of a Roman stencil type face on the cover of the folio for the Stenso School Set was the basis for Eutaw Stencil JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

The Stenso School Set (circa 1940-41) was comprised of three stencils – two lettering guides and a map of the [then] 48 United States. 

Developed and patented by Baltimore school teacher Ruth Libauer Hormats, her stencils were the first to offer a system for accurate letter spacing and ease of use. 

“Eutaw” (as part of the font’s name) is taken from Eutaw Place, the street where Ruth and her husband lived at the time of Stenso’s inception.  To the Cherokee, the name means “Creek Indian”.



Eutaw Stencil JNL


Sunday, October 24, 2021

[vkapv] Download Fair Play JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Fair Play JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Fair Play JNL is a display sans font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


Inspired by hand lettering on a 1939 World’s Fair Poster, Fair Play JNL is a bold, condensed design with spurred serifs and some flared characters… and is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Fair Play JNL


[nagmr] Download Federal Agent JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Federal Agent JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Federal Agent JNL is a display sans font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


In the 1959 premiere season of “The Untouchables” (based on the book by Eliot Ness and Oscar Fraley) the opening title jumps off of the cover of the book and stretches out into tall, extremely condensed lettering.

This inspired the type font Federal Agent JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Federal Agent JNL


[ikamb] Download Filmland JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Filmland JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Filmland JNL is a display sans font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


A hand lettered, dual line sans serif type style was used for the title of “Filmland” –  a 1931 movie fan magazine from India.

This inspired both the digital typeface’s design and name.  Filmland JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Filmland JNL


[ypdbf] Download Flower Shop JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Flower Shop JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Flower Shop JNL is an art deco font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


A piece of sheet music for “Broken Blossoms” circa the 1920s or early 1930s has its cover title hand lettered in a wide thick-and-thin Art Deco design.

This is now available as Flower Shop JNL, in both regular and oblique versions.



Flower Shop JNL


[dcvtt] Download French Nouveau JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

French Nouveau JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, French Nouveau JNL is an art nouveau font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


The hand lettering on a World War I recruitment poster for the French Air Service inspired French Nouveau JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.



French Nouveau JNL


[xrbfr] Download Fun Time Nouveau JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Fun Time Nouveau JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Fun Time Nouveau JNL is an art nouveau and retro font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


“One Hundred Alphabets for the Show Card Writer” was published in 1919 to afford sign artists the ability to create signs and show cards in then-contemporary lettering styles.

One such alphabet was big, bold and representative of the Art Nouveau stylings popular in the early part of the 20th Century.  Most likely it was applied to store sales and public events that were casual and informal, for its letter forms are free of any constraints.

This design is now available as Fun Time Nouveau JNL in both regular and oblique versions.



Fun Time Nouveau JNL


Saturday, October 23, 2021

[mfzqy] Download Golden Years JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Golden Years JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Golden Years JNL is an art nouveau font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


The cover of the sheet music for the 1910 song “We’ve kept the Golden Rule” features a hand lettered and slightly spurred Art Nouveau type style.

As an older couple was pictured below the song’s title, this inspired the name Golden Years JNL for the digital font, which is available in both regular and oblique version.



Golden Years JNL


[amqkq] Download Hippie Comics JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Hippie Comics JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Hippie Comics JNL is a hand display and novelty font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


In the 1920 edition of “How to Paint Signs and Sho’ Cards” by E. C. Matthews is an example of what is termed “poster lettering” that is so free form and unusual it borders on the eccentric.

Resembling lettering more commonly found in 1960s “underground comics” of the Hippie generation rather than of the Art Nouveau period, it oddly enough works well in both styles.

This novelty typeface is now available as Hippie Comics JNL in both regular and oblique versions.



Hippie Comics JNL


Friday, October 22, 2021

[cnaej] Download I love fridays fonts from Bogstav

I love fridays
Designed by Jakob Fischer, I love fridays is a hand display and hand drawn font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Bogstav.


Who doesn’t love Fridays? For many people it is the end of the working week and the start of the weekend. What’s not to like? I tried to put all that great vibe into this font - it is charming and clumsy and ready for a party…just like my Fridays…ehh…my Fridays are actually quite simple - no parties or staying out till early morning…been there, did that…now I love my Fridays, just the way they are! :)



I love fridays


[blwtr] Download Ink Nouveau JNL fonts from Jeff Levine Fonts

Ink Nouveau JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Ink Nouveau JNL is an art nouveau font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


Ink Nouveau JNL is loosely based on the hand lettered title from a lobby card for the 1927 film “The Taxi Dancer” and is available in both regular and oblique versions. 

The design emulates a hastily or sloppily drawn Art Nouveau display font.



Ink Nouveau JNL