Deco Pen JNL

What is the Deco Pen JNL font? Hand lettering found across the sheet music cover of 1931’s “Bend Down, Sister” [from the Eddie Cantor film “P...

Totally Deco JNL

What is the Totally Deco JNL font? The hand lettered title found on the sheet music for 1938’s "So Help Me (If I Don't Love You)" was the bas...

Sitting Pretty JNL

What is the Sitting Pretty JNL font? Sheet music for the 1923 tune "I'm Sitting Pretty (In A Pretty Little City)" had the main part of the ti...

Nouveau Slab Serif

What is the Nouveau Slab Serif font? The cover of the 1902 sheet music for "I'll Be Baby in Baby’s Place" features the title hand lettered in...

Moonlit Walk JNL

What is the Moonlit Walk JNL font? Another variant to the ever-popular Art Deco sans lettering with solid centers (no counters) was found in...

Parisian Playboy JNL

What is the Parisian Playboy JNL font? Sheet music for the song “My Ideal” (from the 1930 Paramount picture “Playboy of Paris” starring Mauri...

Second Guess JNL

What is the Second Guess JNL font? The cover of the 1934 sheet music for “Your Guess Is Just as Good as Mine” offers up another hand lettered...

Musical Prelude JNL

What is the Musical Prelude JNL font? Musical Prelude JNL is a thin Art Deco typeface with some interesting character shapes, and was inspire...

Stencil Modernistic JNL

What is the Stencil Modernistic JNL font? Stencil Modernistic JNL was modeled directly from an early 1960s lettering stencil that favored the...

Dreamy JNL

What is the Dreamy JNL font? Dreamy JNL was modeled from the hand-lettered title on the sheet music cover for "If I'm Dreaming" and features...

Maximillian CT

What is the Maximillian CT font? Another one of those faces that caught my eye in one of my art deco type books, and I wanted it. After I fin...

Kirschwasser NF

What is the Kirschwasser NF font? An unannotated photocopy tucked inside the leaves of an old lettering book yielded this unusual and exubera...

Sylphide

What is the Sylphide font? Sylphide is based on poster lettering from France in the 1890s. It has a very authentic Art Nouveau look with some...

Stylor JNL

What is the Stylor JNL font? Thin strokes, an Art Deco feel and useful in both text and display work... that’s Stylor JNL by Jeff Levine. Ins...

Nouveau Stencil JNL

What is the Nouveau Stencil JNL font? The sheet music for the 1917 song "Wake Up Virginia (and Prepare for Your Wedding Day)" features a hand...

Pen Nouveau JNL

What is the Pen Nouveau JNL font? Pen Nouveau JNL is a perfect example of the fluid, free-form pen lettering popularized during the Art Nouve...

Good Night JNL

What is the Good Night JNL font? The beautiful hand lettering on the sheet music cover for Will R. Anderson’s “Good Night Dear” (circa 1908)...

Travel Brochure JNL

What is the Travel Brochure JNL font? A vintage booklet from the Japan Tourist Bureau entitled “How to See Matsushima and Environs” had the t...

Hatchery JNL

What is the Hatchery JNL font? A photo from Gene Gable (a regular contributor of ideas to Jeff Levine Fonts) shows the vintage signage for th...

Society Column JNL

What is the Society Column JNL font? The title card for the 1938 screwball comedy “Four’s a Crowd” (starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland...