Prior to the 1930s, a large percentage of them had wonderfully hand-lettered titles on the covers, but gradually there was a shift by music publishers to utilizing metal type for the bulk of their output.
Normally set in an all-caps format, certain type faces reappeared in growing frequency and familiarity.
Composer JNL is one such example of a "workhorse" font, and has been re-drawn and reinterpreted by Jeff Levine Fonts in both regular and oblique versions.
It is based on the design 'Glamour', released by Lanston Monotype in 1948; which in turn was based on 'Corvinus', designed by Imre Reiner.
Font Family:
· Composer JNL
· Composer Oblique JNL
Tags: bold, display, headline, keywords: decorative, nostalgic, retro, serif, vintage