The free-form Art Nouveau hand lettering for the 1905 song “Will You Love Me in December as You Do in May” was the design model for Funky Nouveau JNL, which is available in both regular and oblique versions.

Since the 1960s hippie counterculture embraced elements of the Art Nouveau period in their art and design, it seemed only fitting to use the term “Funky Nouveau” in the fontís name as an homage to both eras.