Showing posts with label art deco. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art deco. Show all posts
Travel Plans JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Travel Plans JNL is an art deco font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


A 1930s travel poster from American Airlines had the airline’s name in a classic thick-and-thin Art Deco design of hand lettering.  With the addition of angular spurs, some of the characters become semi-serif in nature.

This type style is now available as Travel Plans JNL, in both regular and oblique versions.



Travel Plans JNL


Bill of Fare JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Bill of Fare JNL is an art deco and display serif font family. This typeface has two styles and was published by Jeff Levine Fonts.


A 1942 menu cover for the restaurant at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles features its name in a stylized Art Deco serif design. 

This is has been turned into the digital typeface Bill of Fare JNL, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Bill of Fare JNL


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


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


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


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


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


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


Last Tango JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Last Tango 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 1924 sheet music for the tango “Sentimiento Gaucho” (“Sentimental Gaucho”) offered a different take on the thick-and-thin lettering that permeated the late 1920s through the Art Deco age.

A ‘slash’ or ‘swipe’ is cut through the characters (similar to “Directa JNL” – another take on this type of design).

Last Tango JNL is the digital recreation of this novelty lettering and is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Last Tango JNL


Movie Set JNL
Designed by Jeff Levine, Movie Set 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 1929 film comedy “Why Leave Home?” inspired Movie Set JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

A classic “thick-and-thin” design with early Art Deco influences, this condensed typeface is perfect for any period projects.



Movie Set JNL


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


The movie poster for the 1934 comedy/crime drama “Jimmy the Gent” (starring James Cagney) featured the title hand lettered in an ultra-bold Art Deco sans serif style.

This type design has been turned into Social Club JNL, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Social Club JNL


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


The movie poster for the 1934 comedy/crime drama “Jimmy the Gent” (starring James Cagney) featured the title hand lettered in an ultra-bold Art Deco sans serif style.

This type design has been turned into Social Club JNL, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Social Club JNL


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


The hand lettered opening title for the 1935 movie “Thanks a Million” is rendered in a condensed, thick and thin Art Deco sans serif design.

It is now available as the digital typeface Stocks and Bonds JNL –  in both regular and oblique versions.



Stocks and Bonds JNL


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


Family Deco JNL was inspired by the bold Art Deco hand lettering of the movie credits for the 1936 Laurel and Hardy comedy “Our Relations”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Family Deco JNL


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


The Art Deco hand lettered opening credits for the 1936 French drama “La Belle Équipe” [English title: “They Were Five”] provided the inspiration for Foreign Film JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

According to Wikipedia, the film “…tells the story of five unemployed workers who win the jackpot in the national lottery but their solidarity then proves fragile.”



Foreign Film JNL


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


The Art Deco hand lettered opening credits for the 1936 French drama “La Belle Équipe” [English title: “They Were Five”] provided the inspiration for Foreign Film JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

According to Wikipedia, the film “…tells the story of five unemployed workers who win the jackpot in the national lottery but their solidarity then proves fragile.”



Foreign Film JNL


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


The Art Deco hand lettered opening credits for the 1936 French drama “La Belle Équipe” [English title: “They Were Five”] provided the inspiration for Foreign Film JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

According to Wikipedia, the film “…tells the story of five unemployed workers who win the jackpot in the national lottery but their solidarity then proves fragile.”



Foreign Film JNL


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


The Art Deco hand lettered opening credits for the 1936 French drama “La Belle Équipe” [English title: “They Were Five”] provided the inspiration for Foreign Film JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

According to Wikipedia, the film “…tells the story of five unemployed workers who win the jackpot in the national lottery but their solidarity then proves fragile.”



Foreign Film JNL


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


At the end of the 1931 gangster film “The Public Enemy” a hand lettered card offers up an afterword on the demise of Tom Powers (James Cagney’s character in the film) and how a “public enemy” is neither a man nor a character but a problem society must deal with.

The text is in an Art-Deco influenced sans serif, and has been digitally recreated as Afterword JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Afterword JNL


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


At the end of the 1931 gangster film “The Public Enemy” a hand lettered card offers up an afterword on the demise of Tom Powers (James Cagney’s character in the film) and how a “public enemy” is neither a man nor a character but a problem society must deal with.

The text is in an Art-Deco influenced sans serif, and has been digitally recreated as Afterword JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Afterword JNL