Jeff Levine: Art Deco Typefaces
[Jeff Levine]
Art deco is another style that appeals to Jeff Levine. He has created some beauties: - Acceptable JNL (2014).
- Afterword JNL (2021). An art deco typeface based on a card shown in the 1931 gangster film The Public Enemy.
- Aircheck (2006, retro CBS font).
- Airliner JNL (2008, all caps, based on a promotional postcard for Kitty Davis' Airliner - a popular Miami Beach night spot of the 1940s).
- Allerton (2019).
- Aparcero JNL (2015).
- Apparel JNL (2020). An art deco stencil.
- Artistry JNL (2017).
- Art Class JNL (2014). Art Class JNL was re-created from the titling of a lettering booklet called Drawlet Portfolio, published by the Esterbrook Pen Company in the 1930s. Drawlet pens were Esterbrook's answer to the popular Speedball lettering pens, and the booklet was an instructional manual on hand lettering with the pen nibs.
- Art Event JNL (2021). Based on a 1930s WPA (Works Progress Administration) poster advertising an exhibit of New Jersey area posters. It had its main lettering rendered in a very condensed hand lettered interpretation of Futura Black.
- Art Lover JNL (2007, based on an art deco typeface from a Dan Solo book).
- Art Materials JNL (2021). Based on the cover of the 1930s-era Catalog of Artists' Materials from Ernst H. Friedrichs, Inc. in New York.
- Art Museum JNL (2016).
- Artwork Stencil JNL (2018, based on an art deco stencil alphabet by Georges Léculier, 1939).
- Autumn Song JNL (2019).
- Bandleader JNL (2014).
- Bandshell JNL (2020).
- Bargain Shopping (2019). Based on an old storefront sign of F.W. Woolworth.
- Barn Dance JNL (2018).
- Bay Ridge JNL (2015).
- Beachfront Hotel JNL (2018).
- Bed And Bath JNL (2016, from the hand-lettered name on a 1930s-era tin for Cadet condoms).
- Belmont JNL.
- Bensonhurst JNL (2016).
- Big Band JNL (2011) is a brash typeface that is based on a lettering example found in a 1941 Speedball Lettering Pen instruction book.
- Bill of Fare JNL (2021). A stylish art deco serif based on a 1942 menu cover for the restaurant at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles.
- Blue Orchid JNL (2015).
- Borough Park JNL (2014).
- Brand X JNL (2013),
- Brookhurst (2006, compressed art deco font).
- Cabana Club (2006, Miami Deco inspired font with a razor-thin double outline).
- Cafe Society JNL and Cafe Society Monoline JNL (2014).
- California Bound JNL (2015). Based on the hand lettering found on the side of the old California Zephyr passenger trains.
- Canarsie JNL (2006, a hand-lettered art deco face), Canarsie Slab JNL (2001).
- Casting Call JNL (2015).
- Casual Deco JNL (2019).
- Catalog JNL (2012). A blocky headline typeface.
- Central Park JNL (2014).
- Changing Times JNL (2017).
- Chanson De Paris JNL (2018).
- Chinese Song JNL (2019).
- Chocolate Bar JNL (2016).
- Clean Deco JNL (2020).
- Cleveland Neon JNL (2016, based on the art deco neon sign for the iconic Clevelander Hotel located in the Art Deco district of Miami Beach).
- Club Lunch JNL (2016).
- Common Area JNL (2015).
- Contintental Gothic (2006).
- Cortland JNL (2009): modeled [in part] from lettering spotted in the opening credits of Columbia Pictures 1945 Batman serial.
- Counter Servive JNL (2021).
- Courtroom JNL (2021). Based on the hand lettered opening title for the 1935 Perry Mason movie, The Case of the Lucky Legs.
- Cover Art JNL (2016). Based on a cover of an art deco era Portuguese magazine called Illustracao.
- Cover Charge JNL.
- Crestview Six JNL (2010). And its outline and shadow versions called Gramercy Eight JNL (2010).
- Cut Stencil JNL (2011).
- Dance and Sing JNL (2021). An art deco stencil based on a 1932 fan magazine from Spain entitled Films Selectos.
- Dance Band JNL (2017).
- Dance Moderne JNL (2020). An art deco typeface based on an alphabet in Portfolio of Alphabet Designs for Artists, Architects, Designers & Craftsmen (1938, Irene K. Ames).
- Dance Number JNL (2015).
- Dance Partner JNL (2015). Based a movie poster for the 1935 RKO picture "Roberta" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, which in turn was based on the hit 1933 stage play that introduced the song Smoke Gets in Your Eyes. The play itself was based on the Alice Duer Miller novel Gowns by Roberta.
- Dance Routine (2019).
- Dance Time JNL (2021). Based on an appearance poster from 1936 for the Benny Goodman orchestra.
- Dancing Girl JNL (2021). An art deco font based on a poster for the 1930 film Show Girl in Hollywood.
- Dancing Marathon JNL (2021). An art deco font based on the cover of the 1932 sheet music for Dancing Marathon.
- Date Night JNL (2016, based on the opening title card for the 1931s pre-code movie drama Other Men's Women starring Mary Astor, Regis Toomey, James Cagney and Joan Blondell.
- Deco Days JNL (2018).
- Deco Design JNL (2020).
- Deco Diva JNL (2020).
- Deco Drop Caps JNL (2018). Based on an alphabet shown in Modèles de lettres modernes par Georges Léculier (1925).
- Deco Eccentrique JNL (2018) and Deco Multiline JNL (2018).
- Deco Banner JNL (2016), Deco Edition JNL (2017), Deco Moderne JNL (2017), Deco Nights JNL (2017), Deco Pen JNL (2017), Deco Redux JNL (2020: an all caps counterless art deco typeface), Deco Revisited JNL (2020).
- Deco Romance JNL (2020).
- Deco Roundpoint JNL (2018), Deco Semi Serif JNL (2017).
- Deco Signage JNL (2021).
- Deco Sketch JNL (2020).
- Deco Spot Initials JNL (2020). A set of rounded art deco initials set inside circular borders, after Georges Léculier's Modèles de Lettres Modernes.
- Deco Hotel JNL (2015). A hairline deco typeface.
- Deco Geometric Stencil JNL (2015).
- Deco Style JNL (2018).
- Deco Paragraph Initials JNL (2015).
- Deco Pennant Initials JNL (2013).
- Deco Elongated JNL (2013).
- Deco Triline JNL (2017).
- Deco Wide JNL (2020). Based on an alphabet in Georges Léculier's Models of Modern Letters.
- Delancey JNL (2014). Inline and squarish.
- Design District (2006, art deco inspired design elements).
- Desk Clerk JNL (2010).
- Dine and Dance JNL (2015). Supper club deco, multilined.
- Dining Out JNL (2021). An art deco sans based on a 1940s ad flier for the Los Angeles restaurant Lucca Paris Inn.
- Direkta JNL (2012).
- Dip Pen Deco JNL (2019). Made with a round nib pen.
- Discotheque JNL (2018).
- Double Bill JNL (2013). Inspired by the promotional movie trailer for 1938 gangster comedy A Slight Case of Murder starring Edward G. Robinson.
- Double Line Deco JNL (2015).
- Drawing Tablet JNL (2011).
- Dress Shirt JNL (2018).
- Drexel JNL (2018).
- Dual Line Deco JNL (2017).
- Dutch Deco JNL (2020). Based on Anton Kurvers's hand lettering on the front cover of the 1927 magazine Het Vlaamsche Volstooneel.
- East Village JNL (2016).
- East To West JNL (2014).
- Easy Living JNL (2015).
- Easy Money JNL (2014).
- Erratic JNL (2014).
- Estella JNL (2008, starry art deco version of Farragut JNL). Jeff writes: Her father named her Estella Dawn, or morning star. She truly shines bright, for as the owner of Stella Roberts Fonts, she has dedicated part of her net profits to helping her siblings pay for their medication; they both suffer from Cystic Fibrosis and diabetes. Calm in spirit, loyal to friends and family, nurturing and caring, Stella has been a friend of Jeff Levine's for years. His Estella JNL font was dedicated to her, as is this other namesake font, Morningstar JNL.
- Eckhardt Showcard JNL (2008).
- Evening Gown JNL (2015). Based on an ad for the 1935 musical "Roberta" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
- Evening Initials JNL (2015).
- Evening Out JNL (2018).
- Evening Wear JNL (2014).
- Family Deco JNL (2021). Inspired by the bold art deco hand lettering of the movie credits for the 1936 Laurel and Hardy comedy Our Relations.
- Fancy Dancing JNL (2015). Based on sheet music titling for the 1938 movie musical "Carefree" starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
- Fancy Deco JNL (2018: based on the 1934 French lettering book L'Art du Tracé Rationnel de la Lettre by D. Duvillé).
- Fancy Roman JNL (2018).
- Fashionable JNL (2016, art deco: based on print ads for the Hickok Jewelry Company).
- Fashion Statement JNL (2018).
- Faux Decaux (2007, fat art deco).
- Favorite Hangout JNL (2009).
- Film Noir (2010). A counterless art deco typeface based on Alf R. Becker's examples.
- Fine And Dandy JNL (2018, curly art deco).
- Fine Dining JNL (2016: inspired by the opening titles for the 1940 Barbara Stanwyck-Fred MacMurray film Remember the Night).
- Fine Food (2019).
- Finery JNL (2014).
- Flirtation Walk JNL (2018).
- Floorwalker JNL (2013). Based on stencils made in 1926 by Display Material Company of St. Paul, MN.
- Flower Shop JNL (2021).
- Foreign Film JNL (2021). An art deco typeface based on opening credits for the 1936 French drama La Belle Equipe.
- Formal Dance JNL (2018, Dutch deco).
- Formal Event JNL (2021). Based on hand lettered actors' credits on a title card from the 1937 film Shall We Dance.
- Free Form Deco (2019).
- French Bistro JNL (2018, based on the 1934 French lettering instruction book L'Art du Tracé Rationnel de la Lettre).
- French Deco JNL (2018).
- French Geometric JNL (2018, based on an art deco alphabet by Georges Léculier, 1939).
- French Pastry JNL (2015).
- French Wine JNL (2018).
- Frisco Bay JNL (2007, a nice art deco).
- Funny Business JNL (2018).
- Funny Papers JNL (2017).
- Gambling Resort JNL (2014).
- Gidley (2007).
- Golden Beach JNL (2015).
- Golden Moment JNL (2021). An art deco font based on the hand lettered cast credits for the 1939 film Golden Boy starring Barbara Stanwyck, Adolphe Menjou, William Holden and Lee J. Cobb.
- Golden Opportunity JNL (2015).
- Golden Years JNL (2021).
- Graduating Class JNL (2017).
- Grand Central JNL (2010): multi-line Art Deco font is reminiscent of all of the glitz and glamour associated with Manhattan in the 1930s and 1940s.
- Hatchery JNL (2016).
- Hollenbeck JNL (2008).
- Hollywood Revue JNL (2015). Inspired by a movie poster for The Hollywood Revue of 1929.
- Home Movies JNL (2012). Based on 1950s cling vinyl letters made by the Clingtite Letters Company of Chicago.
- Horse Drawn Carriage JNL (2016. Based on the title card for a 1935 Bette Davis feature entitled The Girl from 10th Avenue.
- Hotel District JNL (2016).
- Huntington (2006, an art deco typeface inspired by the opening titles of the film Casablanca).
- Hybrid Deco JNL (2020).
- Industrial Arts JNL (2017). An interpretation of Morris Fuller Benton's Phenix American, 1935.
- Informational Sign JNL (2016).
- Inline Retro JNL (2019).
- Jams And Jellies JNL (2016).
- Jazz Guitar JNL (2020).
- Jazz Trumpeter JNL (2021; an art deco typeface modeled after the title card for the 1945 movie comedy The Horn Blows at Midnight starring Jack Benny).
- Juke Joint JNL (2014).
- Junior Clerk JNL (2017).
- Kiddie Show JNL (2017).
- Last Tango JNL (2021).
- Lauderdale JNL (2013).
- Light Line Deco JNL (2018).
- Limousine JNL (2010, counterless, caps only).
- Lobby Poster JNL (2021). Based on hand lettered cast credits for the 1932 George Arliss film The Man Who Played God.
- Local Jeweler JNL (2021). Thin art deco caps.
- Love Song JNL (2014).
- Malagueña Stencil JNL (2015).
- Mantequilla JNL (2021). Pure art deco lettering modeled after the cover of the 1924 edition of Joaquin Belda's novel, La Hora del Abandono.
- Maplehurst JNL (2010): a beautiful rounded ultra-fat face.
- Market JNL (2009).
- Metalworker JNL (2009), and its star-spangled derived face, NationalSpiritJNL (2009).
- Metalet Modern JNL (2008, based on the letters found within the Metalet Movie Titling Set manufactured by the Modern Display Advertising Company of Hollywood, California circa the 1940s. Each stamped metal letter would be affixed to the background surface via the use of miniature magnets. Once in place, titles for home movies or slides could be photographed, the letters then returned to their storage area in their box.).
- Midtown JNL (2010) and its serifed version, Crosstown JNL (2010).
- Millbrae JNL (2015). Named after the old Millbrae Theater in Millbrae City, CA.
- Modular Deco JNL (2018). Based on an alphabet shown in Modèles de lettres modernes par Georges Léculier (1925).
- Monoline Deco JNL (2014).
- Monthly Adventures JNL (2012).
- Moonlit Night JNL (2017).
- Moonlit Walk JNL (2017).
- More Deco Lettering JNL (2015).
- Movie Classic JNL (2021). Based on hand lettered title card from the 1935 melodrama Magnificent Obsession.
- Movie House JNL (2013). A trilined typeface.
- Movie Matinee JNL (2021). A marquee font based on a 1926 trade ad for the silent comedy The Nut-Cracker starring Edward Everett Horton.
- Movie Musical JNL (2021).
- Movie Screen JNL (2020). An art deco typeface based on the hand-lettered opening titles from the 1944 Laurel and Hardy comedy The Big Noise.
- Movie Set JNL (2021). Based on the hand lettered title on the poster for the 1929 film comedy Why Leave Home?.
- Mulholland JNL (2015).
- Musical Number JNL (2015) and Musical Prelude JNL (2017), Music Lesson JNL (2020).
- Nameplate JNL (2016).
- Narrow Deco JNL (2019).
- Nice and Easy JNL (2021). Based on art deco hand lettered title and credits for the 1937 film Easy Living starring Jean Arthur and Edward Arnold.
- Night Life JNL (2012).
- Nightspot JNL (2011). A bilined headline typeface based on lettering by Alf R. Becker.
- Nightowl JNL (2011): a headline font encased in rectangles inspired by an Art Deco hand-lettered alphabet found in a 1941 edition of the Speedball Lettering Pen instruction book.
- Nouveau Poster JNL (2011). based on an alphabet found in Modern Pen Lettering (1915, C. Howard Hunt pen company).
- Nyack (2010, Inline, Solid, Monoline): tall, caps only.
- Paducah JNL (2021). Based on hand lettered screen credits for the 1940 film The Proud Valley.
- Parisian Playboy JNL (2017).
- Parkitecture JNL (2006): counterless and fat.
- Park West JNL (2020). An art deco slab serif.
- Party Invite JNL (2016).
- Passenger Train JNL (2021). Based on a 1940s travel poster for the Florida East Coast Railway.
- Pencil Pusher JNL (2014).
- Pen Lettering Sans JNL (2017, handcrafted art deco).
- Pen Work JNL (2017).
- Penwrite JNL (2017).
- Performing Arts JNL (2018).
- Perfume Counter JNL (2017).
- Periodical JNL (2016). Based on a cover of a 1920s Spanish magazine called Nuevo Mundo.
- Period Piece JNL (2015).
- Piano Lesson JNL (2015).
- Piano Solo JNL (2015).
- Pin Spotter JNL (2021: art deco).
- Oceanfront Property JNL (2017).
- Office Visit JNL (2021).
- Playwright JNL (2010): Levine's version of Broadway.
- Old Miami Beach JNL (2012). Based on signs of the Roney Plaza hotel in South Miami Beach.
- On The Town JNL (2016).
- Opening Night JNL (2013).
- Ormond JNL (2011) and Ormond Inline JNL (2011). The latter is a blackboard bold style face.
- Pocatello JNL (2016. Based on the cast and crew credits for Presenting Lily Mars (1943), (starring Judy Garland and Van Heflin.
- Pocomoke JNL (2015).
- Ornate Deco (2019). Based on an alphabet by Martin Meijer in Album de Lettres Arti (1949).
- Postmodern Moderne (2019). Based on an alphabet by Paul Carlyle and Guy Oring in their 1935 book, Letters and Lettering.
- Poultry And Fish JNL (2016).
- Presswork JNL (2020).
- Private Eye JNL (2019). Based on signage seen in 77 Sunset Strip, an ABC series that ran from 1958 until 1964.
- Prospect Park JNL (2015).
- Quite Animated JNL (2016).
- Radio Singer JNL (2017).
- Rail Service JNL (2021). Based on extra bold, squared art deco sans hand lettering found on a 1940s travel poster for the Pennsylvania Railroad.
- Rail Travel JNL (2021). Based on a hand lettered 1930s travel poster from the Pennsylvania Railroad.
- Railway Depot JNL (2018: based on the 1934 French lettering instruction book L'Art du Tracé Rationnel de la Lettre).
- Regal Suite (2006, display art deco).
- Retail Establishment JNL (2021). Based on the 1935 catalog for Vitrolite. LI>Revelry Deco JNL (2021). Based on the dust jacket for the 1926 book Revelry.
- Rhythmic Revue JNL (2018).
- Ridgewood JNL (2012).
- Ritz Stencil JNL (2011).
- Riverside JNL (2017).
- Romance Song JNL (2021). An art deco sans serif lettering used for the opening titles of the 1941 melodrama Penny Serenade starring Cary Grant.
- Roney JNL (2008, a stylized version of his own art deco typeface Metalet Modern).
- Screen Star JNL (2020). A rounded monolinear art deco typeface.
- Seahawk JNL (2019).
- Screenplay JNL (2010): modeled after the signage seen in an old photo of the RKO movie studios building circa the 1930s.
- Service Deluxe JNL (2015).
- Sheet Music JNL (2011).
- Shopping Spree JNL (2016). Inspired by the hand lettering on the title card for the 1938 film Fast Company starring Melvyn Douglas and Florence Rice.
- Show Biz JNL (2013).
- Show Card Deco JNL (2017).
- Showgirl JNL (2011). Based on the neon letters of a 1940s marquee.
- Showpiece JNL (2014).
- Signage JNL (2013). A stencil in the style of Futura Stencil.
- Silver Screen Deco JNL (2020).
- Sleuth JNL (2013, after the trailer for the 1936 movie After The Thin Man).
- Social Gathering JNL (2016).
- Society Column JNL (2016. Based on the title card for the 1938 screwball comedy Four's a Crowd starring Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland and Rosalind Russell.
- Solid Deco JNL (2016).
- Song Album JNL (2016).
- Song And Dance JNL (2014).
- Song Sheet JNL (2014).
- Deco Drop Caps JNL (2018). Based on an alphabet shown in Modèles de lettres modernes par Georges Léculier (1925).
- Space Deco JNL.
- Stage Play JNL (2015).
- Summerhaven JNL (2009).
- Social Club JNL (2021). Based on a movie poster for the 1934 comedy/crime drama Jimmy the Gent starring James Cagney.
- Society Dame JNL (2008).
- Solitude JNL (2015).
- Song Folio JNL.
- Stationery Department JNL (2015).
- Streamlined Stencil JNL (2015).
- Striptease JNL (2012). A 1930s burlesque show marquee typeface.
- Stagehand JNL (2014).
- Stocks and Bonds JNL (2021). Based on the hand lettered opening title for the 1935 movie Thanks a Million.
- Structural Glass JNL (2020). An art deco typeface based on a 6-letter example from a 1931 Vitrolite catalog.
- Student Council JNL (2021). Based on a lithographed cardboard sign (circa 1930s) for Spizz Sparkling Water, a bottled seltzer from the Dr. Pepper Bottling Company of Lexington, Kentucky.
- Stuffed Shirt JNL (2013).
- Stylette JNL (2007, an art deco typeface after Stylor JNL).
- Stylor JNL (2006, hairline art deco).
- Suggestion Box JNL (2015).
- Supper Club JNL (2007).
- Swing Era JNL (2015).
- Table Fortu JNL (2007, art deco stencil).
- Tall Order JNL (2015, a revival of Raleigh).
- Tanawonda JNL (2010).
- Tarpon Springs JNL (2021).
- Theater Bar JNL (2021).
- Thoroughfare JNL (2014).
- Ticket Booth JNL (2016). Based on the opening title card for 1940's Two Girls on Broadway.
- Tin Pan Alley JNL (2014).
- Top Hat JNL (after Art Lover JNL).
- Totally Deco JNL (2017).
- Town And Country JNL (2014).
- Transit Station JNL (2021). Based on a neon sign above the Greyhound bus terminal entrance in a 1930s New York City photo.
- Travel Brochure JNL (2016, based on a vintage booklet from the Japan Tourist Bureau entitled How to See Matsushima and Environs).
- Travel Plans JNL (2021). An art deco typeface based on a 1930s travel poster from American Airlines.
- Triborough JNL (2008).
- Tropical Tourist (2011). A 1934 advertisement for the Roney Plaza Hotel at 23rd Street and Collins Avenue on Miami Beach yielded the inspiration for Tropical Tourist JNL.
- Type Uncommon JNL (2015).
- Upscale JNL (2014, based on a 1939 alphabet by Sanford Ink Company).
- Uptown JNL (2013). Based on the book Sixty Alphabets (1944).
- Tap Water JNL (2016).
- Thin Line Deco JNL (2016).
- Throughway JNL (2020). A revival of an art deco alphabet from A Portfolio of Alphabet Designs for Artists, Architects, Designers & Craftsmen (Irene K. Ames, 1938).
- Top Tune JNL (2018).
- Torrid Tango JNL (2018).
- Uptown Line JNL (2015), Uptown Residence JNL (2015), and Uptown Review JNL (2017).
- Van Wyck JNL (2008).
- Variety Store JNL (2015).
- Vaudeville JNL (2012).
- Vocalist JNL (2014).
- Weekend Plans JNL (2020).
- Westbrook JNL (2012, a monoline all-caps typeface).
- Western Suburbs JNL (2021). An art deco typeface based on the cover of a 1932 edition of Sunset Magazine.
- Window Dressing JNL (2012).
- Window Treatment JNL (2013). A Broadway style marquee face.
- Wingate JNL (2006, a narrow monolinear art deco type).
- Wonderful JNL (2014).
- Words And Music JNL (2014). Based on the 1934 sheet music for I'll String Along with You from the Dick Powell-Ginger Rogers musical 20 Million Sweethearts.
- World Travel JNL (2021: inspired by the hand lettering found on a 1930s travel poster promoting visits to India).
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