Sign and Display JNL is a long-overdue companion font to 2009’s Sign and Poster JNL.
The original design models were Art Deco influenced die-cut cardboard letters and numbers manufactured by the Duro Decal Company of Chicago. Square in shape with rounded corners,
the thick cardboard letters were used for making show-cards and other display signage.
Subsequently, Duro used the same style of lettering to manufacture water-applied decals for boat identification and other uses.
It was a set of these decals (with a black outline and yellow interior) that inspired the outline typeface Sign and Display JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.