A vintage brass stencil for an individual or company named ‘Rodrigues’ was spotted in an online auction.
The hand punched, condensed Roman lettering inspired the digital typeface Nameplate Stencil JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.
Sheet music for the song “The Little Thing You Used to Do” (from the 1935 motion picture “Go into your Dance” starring Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler) had its title set in what closely resembled Bank Gothic Condensed.
[Bank Gothic was originally designed by Morris Fuller Benton for American Type Founders circa 1930.]
This reinterpreted version is now known as Stenographer JNL, and is available in both regular and oblique versions.
A title card with cast credits for the 1935 movie “The Whole Town’s Talking” (starring Edward G. Robinson and Jean Arthur) formed the basis for People Talk JNL.
The hand lettered names were done in a slightly condensed slab serif – mostly rectangular in shape with rounded corners. A few characters take on their own unique appearance.
People Talk JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.
The hand lettered credits from the 1942 British film comedy “The Goose Steps Out” became the model for Goose Creek JNL, a simple sans serif design available in both regular and oblique versions.
According to the Internet Movie Database (imdb), “A bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college.”
The title is a parody of the “goosestep” style of marching by German soldiers during World War II.
As a variant on the movie’s title, the font was named for Goose Creek, South Carolina – a charming community just northeast of historic Charleston.
A square san serif font family for short texts and headlines. Inspired by old hand-painted signs in Tel Aviv.
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