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Tuesday, October 19, 2021

1930s bold

[swmjf] Download Air Circus JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

[swmjf] Download Air Circus JNL fonts from Jeff Levine
October 19, 2021 0 Comments
Air Circus JNL


A 1930s advertising poster for the Inman Brothers Flying Circus offered up an interesting hand lettered Art Deco design that’s a cross between both squared and rounded character shapes. 


Because of it's 'futuristic look', the resulting type style can also lend itself to 1970s and 1980s retro projects as well as those from the 1930s and 1940s.


Now a digital font, Air Circus JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.


A “Flying Circus” is a troupe of ‘barnstormers’ (stunt pilots) who performed aerial tricks either individually or as a team along with selling airplane rides to the general public. 



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1930s art deco

[knusj] Download Rail Travel JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

[knusj] Download Rail Travel JNL fonts from Jeff Levine
October 19, 2021 0 Comments
Rail Travel JNL


Here’s yet another interpretation of the classic “thick and thin” sans serif lettering most popular during the Art Deco era.


This particular design comes to you through the courtesy of a hand lettered 1930s travel poster from the Pennsylvania Railroad. Some capitals are much wider than others, while the lower case ‘i’ is somewhat truncated.


Rail Travel JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.



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Saturday, October 9, 2021

1920s Art Nouveau

[nyxyy] Download Pleasant Show Card JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

[nyxyy] Download Pleasant Show Card JNL fonts from Jeff Levine
October 09, 2021 0 Comments
Pleasant Show Card JNL


A beautiful and stylish pen lettered alphabet appears within the pages of the 1921 publication “How to Write Show Cards” and its Art Nouveau stylings made it a perfect candidate for a digital revival.


Pleasant Show Card JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.



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Thursday, October 7, 2021

1920s art deco

[pjwph] Download Revelry Deco JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

[pjwph] Download Revelry Deco JNL fonts from Jeff Levine
October 07, 2021 0 Comments
Revelry Deco JNL


The namesake for this type design was the dust jacket for the 1926 book “Revelry”.


A classic Art Deco thick-and-thin design, Revelry Deco JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.



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[afgoj] Download Eutaw Stencil JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

[afgoj] Download Eutaw Stencil JNL fonts from Jeff Levine
October 07, 2021 0 Comments
Eutaw Stencil JNL


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”.



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