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[esrwt] Download Privilege Sign Two JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Privilege Sign Two JNL


Unique and decorative signage for many drive-ins, motels, food stores and other businesses of the 1940s had what was referred to as “privilege signs” provided by one of the major cola brands.


Consisting of the brand’s emblem on a decorative panel, the remainder of the sign would carry the desired message of the storekeeper (such as “Drive-In”) in prismatic, embossed metal letters.


Inspired by the Art Deco sans serif style of those vintage signs, Privilege Sign Two JNL recreates the type design in both regular and oblique versions. The typefaces are solid black, but adding a selected color and a prismatic effect from your favorite graphics program can reproduce the look and feel of those old businesses.


This is a companion font to Privilege Sign JNL, which recreates the condensed sans serif lettering of other privilege signs from

the 1950s and early 1960s.



Privilege Sign Two JNL


[zggwo] Download Office Staff JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Office Staff JNL


Office Staff JNL is a version [with serifs added] of Popularity JNL – a condensed Art Deco design based (for the most part) on a popular typeface known in some foundry books as ‘Radiant’ with some reinterpreted characters… and is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Office Staff JNL


[kshnc] Download Coffee Bar JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Coffee Bar JNL


An image of the wide, Art Deco influenced lettering of a sign over a coffee bar inside a Jacksonville, Florida Lovett’s Supermarket (a predecessor to Winn-Dixie) inspired the namesake font Coffee Bar JNL – available in both regular and oblique versions.



Coffee Bar JNL


[dshro] Download Passenger Train JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Passenger Train JNL


A 1940s travel poster for the Florida East Coast Railway (which then carried passengers but is now a freight line) had the railroad’s name hand lettered in a bold Art Deco sans.


This inspired Passenger Train JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Passenger Train JNL


[jzkqp] Download Newsreel Text JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Newsreel Text JNL


Intertitle cards from a 1942 newsreel inspired the like-named Newsreel Text JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Newsreel Text JNL


[qyzzq] Download Local News JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Local News JNL


The hand lettered title for the 1954 film “Power of the Press” was done in a condensed sans serif type style that is now available digitally in both regular and oblique versions as Local News JNL.



Local News JNL


[zsbny] Download Convicted JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Convicted JNL


Convicted JNL is a condensed, chamfered sans serif type design inspired by opening credits from the 1940 film of the same name – available in both regular and oblique versions.



Convicted JNL


[mtwsx] Download Vacation Resort JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Vacation Resort  JNL


The hand lettered cast and production credits for the 1942 music comedy “Holiday Inn” (starring Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire) inspired Vacation Resort JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.





Vacation Resort JNL


[jdqja] Download Romance Song JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Romance Song JNL


The hand lettered Art Deco sans serif lettering used for the opening titles of the 1941 melodrama “Penny Serenade” (starring Cary Grant) inspired a digital revival.


Romance Song JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.



Romance Song JNL


[wsaib] Download Pin Spotter JNL fonts from Jeff Levine

Pin Spotter JNL


It’s Art Deco “thick and thin”… It’s wide… It’s quirky… It’s a hand lettered sign over the lanes of the Bryant-Lake Bowl – a landmark bowling alley in Minneapolis, Minnesota… and it was spotted in an amazing YouTube video from a “drone tour” of the facility!


The sign inspired the font Pin Spotter JNL which is available in both regular and oblique versions.




Pin Spotter JNL


Download Template Shadow Fonts Family From Jeff Levine

Download Template Shadow Fonts Family From Jeff Levine


A series of lettering guides called “Mimeostyle” for the A. B. Dick Company of Chicago (produced for use in making mimeograph machine printing stencils) were custom manufactured by the Wright-Regan Instrument Company (Wrico). One design featured a sans serif letter produced in Shadow relief, with a touch of Art Deco flair. This is now available as Template Shadow JNL, in both regular and oblique versions.


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Download Template Sans Fonts Family From Jeff Levine

Download Template Sans Fonts Family From Jeff Levine


The Wright-Regan Instrument Company (Wrico) was one of the leading manufacturers of lettering templates for many years. Aside from their own line of products, they also did custom manufacturing. A series of lettering guides called “Mimeostyle” for the A. B. Dick Company of Chicago (produced for use in making mimeograph machine printing stencils) featured an art Deco squared letter design with rounded corners. This is now available digitally as Template Sans JNL, in both regular and oblique versions.


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Download Unicorn Fonts Family From DavidMatos

Download Unicorn Fonts Family From DavidMatos


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.


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Download Shopping Guide Fonts Family From Jeff Levine

Download Shopping Guide Fonts Family From Jeff Levine


While watching the 1947 holiday classic “Miracle on 34th Street”, one scene in particular presented a chance to develop a retro type design. ‘Kris Kringle’ suggests to a mother visiting with her child in the Macy’s toy department to try Gimbel’s for a toy she couldn’t find at the store. The news of this behavior reaches Mr. Macy himself, who embraces the practice as a brilliant marketing strategy. A number of departments are then presented with reference books containing competitor ads, and the visual of the cover stating “R.H. Macy & Co. Shopping Guide for the Convenience of Our Customers” shows on screen. The thin, Art Deco sans serif monoline with a few serif-like hooks added onto some characters became the basis for Shopping Guide JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.


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Download Pen Sans Rounded Fonts Family From Jeff Levine

Download Pen Sans Rounded Fonts Family From Jeff Levine


Many alphabet style examples from the Speedball Textbook on pen lettering have offered amateurs and professionals a source of inspiration since its first publication in 1915. A 1940s edition presented a simple sans serif design rendered with the style ‘B’ round nib pen point, and has been recreated as the digital type face Pen Sans Rounded JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.


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Download Narrow Deco JNL Fonts Family From Jeff Levine

Download Narrow Deco JNL Fonts Family From Jeff Levine


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 Ornate Deco Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Ornate Deco Font Family From Jeff Levine


Ornate Deco JNL is a thick-and-thin Art Deco serif typeface with diamond shapes inside the thicker parts of the characters. It is based on an alphabet example found in the 1949 French lettering book “Album de Lettres Arti”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.


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Download Allerton Font Family From Jeff Levine

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 Maitre d Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Maitre d Stencil JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine


Maître d' Stencil JNL is based on an alphabet example found in the 1949 French lettering book “Album de Lettres Arti”, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.


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Download Silly Behavior Font Family From Jeff Levine

Download Silly Behavior Font Family From Jeff Levine


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.


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