An ad spotted in a 1964 issue of Billboard magazine with the words “STAND BACK…” introduced the first record album from then-new stand-up comedian Bill Cosby.
The lettering of those two words was in a stencil sans serif design that was a perfect candidate for developing into a digital font.
The end result is Advertising Stencil JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.
Download Now Server 1 Download Now Server 3 Download Now Server 2 Manufactory JNL and its oblique counterpart were re-drawn from examples of a now-antique typeface used within many advertisements found throughout the pages of The American Stationer magazine, circa 1879. The term ‘manufactory’ was popular during this era; the word being a more archaic form of ‘factory’. There is a bit of Western flavor to this type design, as the spurred serifs and the top and bottom strokes are heavier than the vertical and mid-point stroke weights. Download Manufactory JNL Font Family From Jeff Levine