WHISTSTP.ttf
Whistle Stop JL Font
Author's note
Whistle Stop JL, Jeffrey N. Levine's free Western display font, leans hard into old-school frontier lettering with blocky caps, clipped corners, and the kind of chunky silhouette you expect on a railroad sign or false-front storefront. The letters feel broad, squared-off, and a little rugged, with enough shaping in the diagonals and notches to keep the font from turning stiff.
It suits poster headlines, saloon-themed branding, event flyers, packaging, and title cards where you want that dust-and-wood Americana mood without getting fussy. As a free font, it also makes sense for logos, cover lines, or short monograms, because the caps have enough weight and attitude to carry a few words on their own.
It suits poster headlines, saloon-themed branding, event flyers, packaging, and title cards where you want that dust-and-wood Americana mood without getting fussy. As a free font, it also makes sense for logos, cover lines, or short monograms, because the caps have enough weight and attitude to carry a few words on their own.
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Basic font information
Copyright notice
(c) 2001 by Jeffrey N. Levine. Freeware, not for sale.
Font family
Whistle Stop JL
Font subfamily
Regular
Unique subfamily identification
Whistle Stop JL
Full font name
Whistle Stop JL
Name table version
version 1.0
Postscript font name
WhistleStopJL
Trademark notice
Trademark of Jeffrey N. Levine
Manufacturer name
Jeff's Fonts & Dingbats
Designer
Jeffrey N. Levine
Description
A broadstroke serif face, reminiscent of 1890's lettering.
Extended font information
Platforms supported
PlatformEncoding
UnicodeUnicode 1.0 semantics
MacintoshRoman
MicrosoftUnicode BMP only
Font details
Created2001-07-04
Revision1
Glyph count96
Units per Em1000
Embedding rightsEmbedding restricted (not allowed!)
Family classNo classification
WeightExtra-bold
WidthExpanded
Width typeNormal
Mac styleBold
DirectionOnly strongly left to right glyphs + contains neutrals
Pattern natureRegular
StyleUpright
Stroke weightBook, text, regular, etc.
PitchNot monospaced
Symbol setWindows 3.1 ANSI
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