Publisher: Jeff Levine FontsAccording to Wiktionary, "the feline's pajamas" was a slang phrase coined by Thomas A. Dorgan, the widely known journalist, cartoonist and sportswriter of that age.
The phrase became popular in the U.S. in the 1920s, as the word "cat" was used as a term to describe the non-traditional flappers from allure era.
This was integrated with the word pyjamas (a reasonably new females's style throughout that time) to form a phrase used to explain something that is the very best at what it does, hence making it highly sought and desirable.
Wikipedia includes that Dorgan was the very first to use the terms "twenty-three, skidoo", and "yes, we have no bananas", "apple sauce" and "strong ivory", which also became part of the slang of the "Roaring Twenties".
Katz Pajamas JNL is a condensed slab serif typeface based on the title lettering for the 1944 sheet music "Pretty Cat Blue Eyes", thus the pun-laden font style name paying homage to this bit of verbal Americana along with making the pajamas a pair owned by Mr. Katz instead of the fashionable feline.
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