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German Nouveau JNL

by Jeff Levine
Individual Styles from $29.00 USD
Complete family of 2 fonts: $55.10 USD
The German Nouveau JNL Font Family was designed by Jeff Levine and published by Jeff Levine. German Nouveau JNL contains 2 styles and family package options.

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A hand lettered alphabet drawn with a round nib pen was found within the pages of the 1911 book "Letters and Letter Construction" by Frederick James Trezise.

Named 'Modern German Letters', the design reflects the strong influences of Art Nouveau - utilizing straight lines, angles and curves in a way that bends the conventional rules of standard typography in order to form unique characters shapes.

While it was the designer's intent to 'modernize' the Blackletter calligraphic styles of the past, the end result was a more contemporary look for its time and doesn't reflect any of the characteristics of those older type faces. However, this digital revival keeps 'German' in its name as a tribute to the original, while adding in 'Nouveau" as a style descriptor.

German Nouveau JNL is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Designers: Jeff Levine

Publisher: Jeff Levine

Foundry: Jeff Levine

Design Owner: Jeff Levine

MyFonts debut: Sep 1, 2025

German Nouveau JNL

About Jeff Levine

Jeff Levine has been in love with lettering since the third grade, when a schoolmate brought a lettering stencil into class. He has worked in both the graphics and music industries, and began his work with digital type via his own site, which hosted over one hundred free dingbat fonts until its retirement in 2009. Although these fonts were experimental at best, Jeff received "thank you" letters from points all over the world for making his designs available. Encouraged by these responses, Jeff decided to set his sights on creating interesting and commercially viable type fonts.

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