NICK’S FONTS - SOURCES OF INSPIRATION

LETTERING	Nick’s fonts based on or inspired by custom lettering
SOURCE DESIGNER	SOURCE	NICK’S VERSION(S)
BARBELLE Albert W.	Sheet music <When My Baby Smiles At Me>, 1922	Toonerville NF
BAUER Karl	Poster for a café-restaurant, 1928	Toot Sweet Bistro NF (lowercase)
BAUMBERGER Otto	Posterlettering, 1907	Salzburger Plakat NF
BEPI	Travel brochure <Italy-Rapallo, Roma, Fiuggi>, circa 1932	Grado Gradoo NF
BOTTLIK Jósef	Movie poster <Metropolis>, designed for the release of the film in Hungary, 1927	Metropolis NF
BOUCHARD	Poster <Arlette Montal>, circa 1925	Junebug Stomp NF
BROUWER Henk	Maritime timetable <Sailings and fares 1937 Dutch Mails>, 1937	Zuider Zee NF
CABARGA Leslie	Drive-In sign for <Betty Boops Drive-In>	Drive-Thru NF
CAROT X.	Poster <Ricardo Llacer y Hijos>, 1948	Little Rickey NF
CASSANDRE Adolphe Mouron	Poster <Nord-Express>, 1927, the lettering is a variation of the typeface <Acier Noir>, Deberny & Peignot, 1936	Nord Express NF
CISSARZ Johann Vincenz	Poster <Darmstadt Künstler Kolonie>, 1904	Darmstadt Arts NF
CISSARZ Johann Vincenz	Poster <Erste Hoehenluft Radfahr-Bahn>, 1897	Valley Grrrl NF
COOPER Austin	Poster <England>, 1928	Anagram NF Anagram Shadow NF
CORVA Urbano	Travel brochure <Grado>, circa 1933	Grado Gradoo NF (character G)
CROS Marcel	Inside lettering of airline timetable <Sabena 1937 horaires et tarifs du 5 Avril au 9 Octobre>, Sabena Airlines, 1937	Sabrina Zaftig NF
DANSLER R.	Poster <Crepes à Dentelles>, circa 1930	Harvest Moon NF
DE HAAS C.	Coverlettering of Dutch magazine <Holland als de kunstenaar de nijverheid dient dient de nijverheid de kunst>, G.J. Thieme, 1926	Amstel Heavy NF
DENNEY Alan	Handlettering often found on greeting cards in the 1950s and 1960s	Jobber Wacky NF
DEPERO Fortunato	Coverlettering of magazine <Emporium>, December 1927 VI	Emporium NF
DE TAKACS Andre C.	Sheet music <I’d Do As Much For You>, 1912	Smorgasbord NF
DUDOVICH Marcello	Poster <Marca Zenit>, 1911	March Madness NF
DUDOVICH Marcello	Posterlettering	Monte Casino NF
DZUBAS Willy	Travel brochure <Pommern und seine Ostseebäder>, 1931	Pomegranate NF
EDEL Nico	Poster <Spumanti Cinzano>, 1950	Vinnie Boom Bah NF
ERDMANN A.	Advertisement <Exhibition of old English ironwork Birmingham 1920>, 1920	Avignon NF
EWART Peter	Poster <Cruise Canadian Pacific on the Great Lakes>, circa 1935	Great Lakes NF Great Lakes Shadow NF
FLATO Hans	Movie poster <Noel Coward’s “Bitter Sweet”>, 1933	Bittersweet NF
FLORA Jim	Headline in <Park East> magazine, January 1953	Cool Cat Jim NF
FLORA Jim	Recordcovers <Inside Sauter-Finegan Revisited> and <Pete Jolly Trio>, 1950s	Flora Dora NF
GLAESSER	Travel brochure <Norway midnight-sun cruises 1938>, B&N Line, 1938	Lake Wobegon NF
GRIFFIN Rick	Concert poster <Grateful Dead Berkeley Community Center>, 1984	Circuit Bored NF
GRIFFIN Rick	Concert poster <Motherload>, 1967	Ponsonby NF Miss Kitty
GRIMSHAW Gary	Poster <Doors>	Scary Scrimshaw NF
GUILLERMAZ George	Poster <Oransoda Lemonsoda>, 1933	Aerojones NF Bull Frog
HEINS G.C. LA FARGE C.G. VICKERS S.J.	Sign at the 34th Street New York subway station	Downtown Tessie NF
HEINS G.C. LA FARGE C.G. VICKERS S.J.	Sign at the 81st Street New York subway station (Museum of Natural History)	Midtown Tessie NF
HOHLWEIN Ludwig	Poster <Alles trinkt Teutonenbrau>, 1926	Wurstwagen NF
HOHLWEIN Ludwig	Poster <Engelhorns Romanbibliothek>, 1912 circa	Chalk And Cheese NF (lowercase)
HOHLWEIN Ludwig	Poster <Riquet Pralinen>, 1920	Picayune Intelligence BT Roman
HOSCH Paul MELCHING Hans	Poster <Basler Gewerbeschau>, 1916	Boogie Nights NF Boogie Nights Shadow NF
HUSZAR Vilmos	Logotype of Dutch magazine <De Stijl>, 1917	De Stencil NF
JAHN Gustav	Poster <Südbahn-Hôtel Semmering>, 1904	Tintern Abbey NF
JUNGNICKEL Ludwig Heinrich	Poster <Ausstellung L.H. Jungnickel>, 1911	Munchausen NF
KANDINSKY Wassily	Painting <Succession>, 1935	Kandinsky NF
KLINGER Julius	Poster <Corsets Obersky>, 1912	Toot Sweet Bistro NF (uppercase)
LEBEAU Chris	Poster <Openbare Arbeids Bemiddeling>, 1928	Haarlem Nights NF
LE CORBUSIER (Charles-Éduard Jeanneret-Gris)	Lettering used on architectural drawings	Jeanneret NF
LOEHR Fritz	Poster <Strandcafe Strandbad Ferienheim>, 1931	Matinee Idol NF
LOUPOT Charles	Poster <Plantol>, 1919	Secret Agent NF
LOUPOT Charles	Posters <Galeries Barbes>, 1928 and <Twining>, 1930	Chalk And Cheese NF (uppercase)
LOUYS Pierre	Poster <Citroën>, 1925	Packard Clipper NF
MAJORELLE Jacques	Poster <Le Maroc par Marseille>, Paris – Lyon – Mediterranee	Marrakesh Express NF
MARX F.	Poster <XIII Zentralschweizer Turnfest Luzern>, 1914	Middle Earth NF
MAUZAN Achille Luciano	Poster <Vermuth Carpano>, 1927	Gramophone NF Gramophone Shaded NF
METLICOVITZ Leopoldo	Poster <Mostra del ciclo e dell automobile Milano 1907>, 1907	Testarossa NF
MUCHA Willy	Poster <Ouistreham Riva Bella>, 1934	Gulfstream NF
MUSSON Suz	Poster <Remiremont Vosges>, Chemins de Fer de L’est, 19??	Soda Jerk NF
NANNETTI Nerino (Neri)	Poster <China Cognac “Snob”>, 1928	Duck Soup NF
NEWBOULD Frank	Poster <East Coast Frolics>, LNER, 1933	East Coast Frolics NF
NIZZOLI Marcello	Poster <La Moda>, 1930	La Moda NF (lowercase)
OLBRICH Joseph Maria	Poster <Kölner Ausstellung>, 1907	Olbrich Display NF
PETTIS Jeremy	Lettering <Kangaroo> from the thesis project <Twenty-Six Types of Animals>, 2007	Pal Joey NF
POETTER Wilhelm	Poster <Alles Raucht “Haus Bergmann”>, 1923	Anchor Steam NF
PONCHIN Joseph-Henri	Poster <L’Indochine Francaise>, 1931	Indochine NF
RAE	Posters <The Popular Café>, circa 1927	Popular Café NF
RAZZIA (Gerard Courbouleix)	Poster <La Coupole>, 1988	La Coupole NF
RECKZIEGEL Anton	Poster <Burgdorf-Thun-Bahn Emmenthal Bahn>, circa 1910	Conquistadorman NF
ROLLER Alfred	Cover of the first edition of the Austrian journal <Ver Sacrum>, 1898	Lance Corporal NF
RUBIN I.	Coverlettering of Polish catalog <Rocznik>, 1936	Vielle Varsovie NF
RUPRICH	Poster <Grand Hotel Savoia & Misurina>, 1930	Facets NF Shoefly Night At The Opera NF
SCHEURICH Paul	Poster for a German bookseller, 1920s	Jeepers ITC
SCHIROLI Wilman	Poster <Ancona 3a Mostra Mercato della Pesca>, 1935	La Moda NF (uppercase)
SHAHN Ben	Poster, 1927	Outgribe NF
SHOGRAD	Soviet-Russian (Cyrillic characters!) movie poster <Aelita>, 1924	My Gal Swoopy NF
SLUITER Willy	Poster <De Hollandsche Revue>, 1910s	Wooden Shoe Revue NF
STARMER William Austin	Sheet music <Chocolate Drops>, 1902	Chocolate Drops NF
STREKALOVSKY	Posterlettering, 1935	Lesser Arcana NF (lowercase)
SUESSENBECK Johann	Posterlettering, 1930s	Escondido NF
SWARTE Joost	Logotype of the comic-strip series <Katoen + Pinbal>, 1975	Pinball Whiz NF
SWARTE Joost	Poster <De wereldtentoonstelling van Joost Swarte>, 1987	Amsterdam Tangram
SWARTE Joost	Recordcover <Tango Cuatro>, 1990	Boeuf Au Joost NF
SWARTE Joost	Titlelettering <Imago Moderna>, an episode of the comic-strip series <Jopo de Pojo>, 1974	Joost A Gigolo NF
SWARTE Joost	Titlelettering <Modern Art>, an episode of the comic-strip series <Anton Makassar>, 1978, also used on the cover of the comic book of the same name, 1980	Modern Art NF
SWARTE Joost	Titlelettering <Van Krantenjongen tot Miljonair>, 1976	Joost A Millionaire NF
VAN DER HOEF Chris	Enamel sign <Verblifa>, 1920	Kerfuffle NF
VAN ERP Theodoor	Delftsch Studenten Corps anniversary poster <D:16:>, 1928	Camp Granada NF
VERSCHUUREN Charles	Poster <Water Carnival>, WPA, 1936	New Deal Deco NF New Deal Deco NF Bold
VILLA Georges	Poster <Piera-Nova>, 1923	Raconteur NF
VOLKEL Eva	Poster for an art exhibition, 1912	Tobacco Road NF
WARE Chris	Posterlettering	Bulwark NF
WEITZMAN Martin	Poster <Halloween Roller Skating Carnival>, 1936	Dinky Rink NF (uppercase) Dinky Rink NF Italic (uppercase)
WIJDEVELD Hendrik	Poster <Architectuur Tentoonstelling Frank Lloyd Wright>, 1931	Architectuur NF
WINTER E.	Poster <Braunwald>, 1906	Brownwood NF Brownwood Shadow NF
unknown	Advertisement <Trinkt Kathreiners Malzkaffee>, 1929	Daddy Longlegs NF
unknown	Advertisement for <?>, Spain, 19??	Margarita Ville NF Margarita Ville NF Bold
unknown	Advertisement for a Chicago engraving company	Jackson Park NF
unknown	Advertisement for Gauloises cigarettes, 19??	Ironick NF
unknown	Advertisement for oranges, Spain, circa 1930	Sarsaparilla NF
unknown	Advertisement for the beauty salon of Kathleen Mary Quinlan on New York's Fifth Avenue, 1930s	Fifth Avenue Salon NF
unknown	Airline baggage label <Deutsche Lufthansa>, 1936	Blitzkrieg NF
unknown	Airline timetable <Arizona Airways>, 1946 and 1947	Arizona Airways NF
unknown	Airline timetable <Linha Rio – Buenos Aires>, Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro Do Sul, 1944	Buenos Aires NF
unknown	Alchemical symbols used from the thirteenth through the sixteenth century	Lesser Arcana NF (uppercase)
unknown	Label of <Hotel Victoria>, New York	Bellhop NF
unknown	Label of <Pioneer Hotel>, Tucson, Arizona	Tucson Two Step NF
unknown	Label of hotel <Maloja Palace>, 1930s	Maloja Palace NF
unknown	Lettering by an unnamed Dutch calligrapher, 1910	Deukalion NF
unknown	Lettering used by the <Milwaukee Road> in the late 1930s	Chippewa Falls NF American Eagle
unknown	Lettering used on <Hallmark Studio> cards, 1950’s	Boop Boop NF
unknown	Lettering used on the <True-Mark Brand Typewriter Ribbon>, circa 1930	Studebaker NF Studebaker NF Bold
unknown	Lettering used on the A&P premium coffee brand <Bokar>, 1930s	Cuppa Joe ITC
unknown	Lettering used on the menu at a burger joint	Greasy Spoon NF
unknown	Lettering used on the menu of a Pennsylvania hotel, circa 1930	Snoodle Toons NF
unknown	Lettering used on the package of <Gibson Guitar Strings>, 1950s	Gitfiddler NF
unknown	Logotype <Mamie> on Mamie Van Doren’s official website http://www.mamievandoren.com/	Lost Wages Neon Script
unknown	Logotype <Sertal> for Sertal Toiletries, 1928	Scram Gravy ITC
unknown	Logotype of <Aerovias Brasil>	Aerovias Brasil NF
unknown	Logotype of <Betty and Veronica> Archie Comics	Best Gal Betty NF Best Gal Veronica NF
unknown	Logotype of <Crosley> radios, 1930s	Radio Days NF
unknown	Logotype of <Edsel> automobiles of Ford Motor Company, late 1950’s	Edsel Font
unknown	Logotype of <Geillustreerd Schildersblad>, 1940	Dusty Rose NF
unknown	Logotype of <Motion Picture> magazine, 1927	Nov Schmoz Kapop NF
unknown	Logotype of <Orion Radio>, 1930’s	Orion Radio NF
unknown	Logotype of <Roosevelt Hotel>, New York, circa 1930s	Uppen Arms NF
unknown	Logotype of <Théâtre Moderne>, Paris	Calamity Jane NF (uppercase) Calamity Jane NF Bold (uppercase)
unknown	Logotype of <Torre’s Buchdruckerei>, Vienna, circa 1919	Sesquipedalian NF
unknown	Logotype of <Warner Brothers>	Dubba Dubba NF
unknown	Logotype of a donut company	Dancing Donuts NF
unknown	Logotype of the French film magazine <Cine Miroir>, 1927	Cine Miroir NF
unknown	Logotype of the Italian confectioner <Talmone>, circa 1896	Altamonte NF
unknown	Logotype of the TV show <Space Patrol>, 1950s	Space Patrol NF Space Patrol
unknown	Logotype of the TV show <The Soupy Sales Show>, 1960s	Snoopy Snails NF
unknown	Luggage tag designed by Richter & Co, 1930s	Luben Tunen NF
unknown	Maritime timetable <Havana and Mexico>, Cuba Mail Line, 1939 and 1940	Mesa Verde NF
unknown	Maritime timetable <White Star Line / Red Star Line / Leyland Line / Atlantic Transport Line - Tourist Third Cabin - Sailings and Fares>, 1926	Red Star Line NF
unknown	Postcard for a 1952 DeSoto automobile	Wacky Duck NF (partially)
unknown	Postcard lettering found on various souvenir postcards available at gift shops along US highways, 1950 to present	Vacation Postcard NF
unknown	Poster <”American Wing”>, WPA, 1938	Aerojones NF (lowercase caps A, G, R) Bull Frog (lowercase caps A, G, R)
unknown	Poster <Auburn>, Sweden, 19??	Duesenberg NF
unknown	Poster <Big Tent Theatre Now Playing Abraham Lincoln The Great Commoner>, WPA, 1936	Big Tent Players NF
unknown	Poster <L’amour> by Erte with the lettering <ERTE> not by Erte, published by Mirage Editions, 1978	Spondulix NF
unknown	Poster <Les Arts de Feu>, 1920s	Chemin de Fer NF
unknown	Poster <Midland Railway of England.>, circa 1910	Midland Rail NF Midland Rail Shadow NF
unknown	Poster <Papel de Fumar Smoking>, 19??	Trading Post NF
unknown	Poster <Rabotnitsy Berite Vintovku!>, a Soviet-Russian propaganda poster in Cyrillic characters meaning <Working Woman Take a Rifle!>, 1921	Raskalnikov NF
unknown	Poster <Tauranga>, New Zealand, 1940	Boo Meringue NF Boomer Ingue NF
unknown	Poster about STD’s, Barcelona, 1930s	Catalunya Choo Choo NF
unknown	Poster for <MLL> Airshow, Zilina, Czechoslovakia, 1936	Shall We Gdansk NF
unknown	Poster for a Felix the Cat cartoon, 1935	Steppin Out BT Roman
unknown	Poster for a German bookseller, 1924	Nip And Tuck NF
unknown	Poster for the movie <42nd Street>	Forty-Second Street
unknown	Poster for the movie <Cadena de Mentiras>, Mexico, 1955	Laff Riot NF Big Kiss
unknown	Poster for the movie <Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde>, Sweden, 19??	Doctor Jekyll NF
unknown	Poster for the movie <She married her boss>, 1935	Kismet NF
unknown	Poster for the movie <The General>, 1925	Stone Soup NF
unknown	Poster for the movie <The Man from Chicago>, 1931	Chi-Town NF
unknown	Poster for the movie <The Public Enemy>, 1931	Public Enemy NF
unknown	Poster produced by Drumag Studio, Germany, circa 1930	Drumag Studio NF
unknown	Poster produced by the WPA	Orchard Street NF Orchard Street Inline NF
unknown	Sheet music <Babes in Toyland>, 1903	Babes In Toyland NF
unknown	Sheet music <Hold Me>, 1920	Ziggy Stardust NF
unknown	Sheet music <Sur un Air de Shimmy>, signed ‘JK’, 1910	Kinkajou Stew NF
unknown	Sign (neon)	Hot LBaltimore NF (uppercase)
unknown	Sign (neon) in a beauty shop window	Beauty School Dropout Beauty School Dropout ll Neon Neon Tubes Monicas Salon NF Monicas Salon Shadow NF
unknown	Sign (neon) of <Scialo Brothers Bakery>, New York	Korner Deli NF
unknown	Sign and menu lettering for <Bob’s Big Boy Restaurant>, 1960s	Burger Doodle NF Burger Doodle Two NF
unknown	Sign of a shop in London, 1930 ca	Smart Frocks NF
unknown	Sign of East Dallas barbeque stand <Snappy Service BBQ>	Snappy Service NF
unknown	Travel book <Seaside Resorts in Italy>, designed by Stabilimento Arti Grafiche Bertarelli – Milano>, 1933	Seaside Resort NF
unknown	Travel brochure <Cruises to every land through every sea>, IMM Lines, 1927	Bessie Mae Moocho NF
unknown	Travel brochure <Gottardo>, signed ‘EK’, Switzerland, circa 1931	Gotham Rail Company NF
unknown	Travel brochure <P&O and British India Lines>, 1929	Skittles N Beer NF
unknown	Tray-lettering of the Belgian beer <Petre Devos>, 19??	Petre Devos NF

ALPHABETS	Nick’s fonts based on or inspired by handlettered typeface designs
SOURCE DESIGNER	SOURCE	NICK’S VERSION(S)
AMES Irene K.	Typeface from the portfolio <A Portfolio of Alphabet Designs for Artists Architects Craftsmen Designers>, 1938	Kirschwasser NF
ATKINSON Frank H.	Typeface <Payzant Pen Stroke Block> from the book <A Show at Sho-Cards Comprehensive Complete Concise>, 1918	Payzant Pen NF
BARDI A.	Lettering <Decoration Big.> from the portfolio <Publicité – Vignettes – Lettres – Chiffres – Monogrammes et Rehauts Modernes>, Les Editions Guerinet, 1931	Labyrinth NF
BARDI A.	Lettering <Disque> from the portfolio <Publicité – Vignettes – Lettres – Chiffres – Monogrammes et Rehauts Modernes>, Les Editions Guerinet, 1931	Nightcap NF
BARDI A.	Typeface <Élancé> from the portfolio <Publicité – Vignettes – Lettres – Chiffres – Monogrammes et Rehauts Modernes>, Les Editions Guerinet, 1931	Tropicana NF
BARDI A.	Typeface <Obtuse> from the portfolio <Publicité – Vignettes – Lettres – Chiffres – Monogrammes et Rehauts Modernes>, Les Editions Guerinet, 1931	Full-Tilt Boogie NF
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface <Aristocrat> from <Sign of the Times>	Sophisticated Lady NF
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface <Chicago Modern Thick and Thin> from <Sign of the Times>, 1935	Stony Island NF Stony Island NF Bold
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface <Extreme Thin Gothic> from <Sign of the Times>	Becker Monoline Modern NF Becker Monoline Modern NF Bold
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface <Rounded Modern Bold> from <Sign of the Times>	De Rigueur NF
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface <Super Thick and Thin> from <Sign of the Times>	Quaint Notions NF Quaint Notions Alts NF
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>	Becker Black NF
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>	Curly Shuffle NF (uppercase)
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>	Hex
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>	Marvels Navel
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>	Mikeys Roman NF (lowercase)
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>	Picture Postcard NF
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>	Shaq Attack NF
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>, 1940 ca	Daffadowndilly NF
BECKER Alf R.	Typeface from <Sign of the Times>, 1940s	Shakey Jake
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface <Keramic Text> from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	Funky Tut NF (lowercase)
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface <Morocco> from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	Funky Tut NF (uppercase)
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface <Show Card Roman> from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	Erehwon Roman NF
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	Bergling Fantasia NF Bergling Fantasia NF Bold
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	Chantilly Lace NF (uppercase)
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	His Nibs NF
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	Kunstgewerbe NF
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	One Good Urn NF
BERGLING John Mauritz	Typeface from the book <Art Alphabets and Lettering>, 1918	Scottsdale Text NF
BIRTLES T.G.	Typeface from the book <Sign-Writing>, 1935	Rumble Seat NF (uppercase)
CARLYLE Paul ORING Guy	Typeface from the book <Letters and Lettering>, 1938	Astoria Titling NF (uppercase)
CARLYLE Paul ORING Guy	Typeface from the book <Letters and Lettering>, 1938	Guinness Extra Stout NF