Western Groove - Western Font

Lumberyard Stencil JNL was inspired by the image of an antique brass stencil that was probably used for marking various wood products by a lumber company.It's available in both regular and oblique versions.

This has now become the digital font Fancy Roman JNL; available in both regular and oblique versions. A 1925 edition for an orchestral arrangements catalog entitled Carl Fischer Progressive Orchestra Edition has the title hand lettered in a bold, stylized Roman type design..

In the 1937 edition of Film Daily's Year Book of Motion Pictures, and ad for International Seat Corp.featured stylish text hand lettered in a thin monoline Art Deco Sans Serif style.

One such example of an antique marking stencil had letters and numbers approximately one quarter of an inch in height, and Stamped Brass Stencil JNL recreates the design complete with the unusual variations of character shapes and widths. These marking devices were hand stamped or punched using metal dies that were struck against sheets of brass to create the letters, numbers and other symbols unlike the steel rule die cutting method used for manufacturing paper stencils ..

.One such example of an antique marking stencil had letters and numbers approximately one quarter of an inch in height, and Stamped Brass Stencil JNL recreates the design complete with the unusual variations of character shapes and widths. These marking devices were hand stamped or punched using metal dies that were struck against sheets of brass to create the letters, numbers and other symbols unlike the steel rule die cutting method used for manufacturing paper stencils .