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.
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Download Allerton Font Family From Jeff Levine
Presenting a condensed Art Deco sans serif font with rounded corners and squared inner lines, based on the hand lettered title on the cover of the sheet music for 1944’s “Just A Little Fond Affection”.
Allerton JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions, and was named after a neighborhood in the Bronx, New York.
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Download Sign Studio Font Family From Jeff Levine
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 Fine Food Font Family From Jeff Levine
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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