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Download Unicorn Font Family From DavidMatos

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 Unicorn is a super-condensed Display with a blasé feeling. It was firstly inspired by a lowercase set seen on a furniture ad in Domus (the architecture magazine) #192, from 1943. For best results, use with a bright & smart colour palette. Appointed by the Unicorn. Of course. Download Unicorn Font Family From DavidMatos

Download Silly Behavior Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 Silly Behavior JNL is based on a hand lettered alphabet found within the pages of the vintage lettering book “100 Alphabets Publicitaires” (100 Advertising Alphabets). The fun, haphazard arrangement of the letters and numbers convey a casual approach to titling. Download Silly Behavior Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Sign Studio Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 The French lettering book Album de Lettres Arti (1949) displayed a number of examples of unique, stylized typefaces. One in particular features a multi-line sans serif in a classic Art Deco style with open-ended characters. This design is now available as Sign Studio JNL in both regular and oblique versions. Download Sign Studio Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Fine Food Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 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. Download Fine Food Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Chinese Song JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 The unusual hand lettering found on the 1945 sheet music for “Chinese Song” provided not only the design inspiration but the font’s name as well. A hybrid of Asian and Art Deco influences, Chinese Song JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions. Download Chinese Song JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Garment Bag Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 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. Download Garment Bag Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Supplier Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 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. Download Supplier Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Department Store JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 Amongst a number of items for sale in an online auction was a font of metal type featuring a thin, condensed serif font with decidedly Art Deco styling. This was the inspiration for Department Store JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions. Download Department Store JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Sign and Display JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 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. Download Sign and Display JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Kiddie Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 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. Download Kiddie Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Sky Clipper JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 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. Download Sky Clipper JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Century PS Pro Font Family From SoftMaker

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 Century PS Pro is a serif typeface published by SoftMaker. Download Century PS Pro Font Family From SoftMaker

Download Century Schoolbook Pro Font Family From SoftMaker

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 Century Schoolbook Pro is a serif typeface published by SoftMaker. Download Century Schoolbook Pro Font Family From SoftMaker

Download Mimeograph Template JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 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

Download Hard Stones Pro Font Family From FHFont

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 Hard Stones include sans, display, and script, retro combination with layered font, clean and rough vintage authentic style, Suitable for design, element design, event, t-shirt, logo, badges, sticker, and awesome work. Download Hard Stones Pro Font Family From FHFont

Download Danish Script Initials JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 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 Boerge Jensen [April 8, 1898 - June 27, 1954], these initials have been redrawn into a digital font entitled Danish Script Initials JNL. Large initials are on the uppercase A-Z keys, while smaller initials are on the lower case a-z keys and are centered to the larger cap height. An ornament is provided on the asterisk key, and can be placed between the small initials and the larger initial for decorative effect. Download Danish Script Initials JNL Fon

Download Marching Band JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 The cover of “Intermediate Steps to the Band” (an instructional book for marching band originally published by Mills Music in 1947) featured the title in a hand lettered multi-line sans serif with Art Deco influence. Re-drawn as a digital typeface named Marching Band JNL, it is available in both regular and oblique versions. Download Marching Band JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine