The name Type Warmers JNL traces its lineage to small catalog booklets issued by Indianapolis' Cobb Shinn for his line of letterpress cuts; of which a few can be found included within this typeface.

Presumably type could “warm up to” these stock illustrations and work hand-in-hand to deliver the message, hence the “Type Warmers” sobriquet.

Originally known for illustrating many attractive and comical postcards of the early 1900s, Shinn moved into the field of purchasing stock art and redistributing them as electrotypes or “cuts”, the predecessor to today’s digital clip art.

A number of the cartoons he sold can be found in the Shinn Kickers JNL font.