Prior to the 1930s, a big percentage of them had incredibly hand-lettered titles on the covers, however slowly there was a shift by music publishers to making use of metal type for the bulk of their output.
Normally set in an all-caps format, particular type faces come back in growing frequency and familiarity.
Composer JNL is one such example of a "workhorse" font, and has actually been re-drawn and reinterpreted by Jeff Levine Fonts in both routine and oblique versions.
It is based upon the style 'Glamour', launched by Lanston Monotype in 1948; which in turn was based on 'Corvinus', developed by Imre Reiner.
Font Family:
· Composer JNL
· Composer Oblique JNL
Tags: bold, display, headline, keywords: decorative, nostalgic, retro, serif, vintage