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'Inside Letterform Archive' is @stewf's regular BLAG column and I'm pinching myself that I will finally get to be inside @letterformarchive myself this weekend.

This is ahead of Monday's session with Michelle "Meng" Nguyen and Damon @nbsigns Styer.

'A Sign Painterly Slice Through Letterform Archive' is free, with a recording posted online afterwards.

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/a-sign-painterly-slice-through-letterform-archive/

Pictured are Stephen's first four BLAG columns: https://bl.ag/backissues.

#LetterformArchive #Lettering #SignPainting

Magazine spread titled "The Lehmann Label Collection" and showing five different hand-rendered drinks labels alongside the text discussing them.

Magazine spread titled "French Sign Painter Portfolios" with a series of five pictures of pages from old sign and lettering books. These feature lettering, exuberant lettering efects and graphics, and pictorials alongside the text discussing them.

Magazine spread titled "The Ross F. George Collection" with pictures of showcards and alphabets hand-lettered in different styles alongside the text discussing them.

Magazine spread titled "Milwaukee Transit Passes" with pictures of blown up transit passes with striking lettering and layouts alongside the text discussing them.

My latest 'Field Notes' email is out with things of interest that I come across in my research and meanderings on the worldwide web

https://bl.ag/fieldnotes/field-notes-from-blag-june-2025/

Aiming to make these quarterly, but not promises!
https://bl.ag/fieldnotes/

#SignPainting #Lettering #FieldNotes

I wasn't expecting this to go live so soon but here's a little project I'm collaborating on with Jay Smith. The aim is to reprint the Coast Manual of Lettering and Designs (1907).

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coastmanual/the-coast-manual-of-lettering-and-designs?ref=dp310a

The manual is one of the rarest sign painting books out there, and it was a series of lucky events that led to Jay having a copy in his possession: https://bl.ag/bookish-good-luck-at-mclellan-signs-in-nampa-idaho/#mclellan-signs-nampa-idaho.

I'll share more with mailing list subscribers soon, but please back it and boost 😊

#SignPainting #Lettering #Boost

Old book opened out and laid flat to show a spread that has a number of pointing hand graphics and photos on the left sign and a Roman alphabet on the right page.

New at bl.ag online, 'Letterheads Per L'Horta: An Intimate International Meet', with my review of Spain's second such gathering of sign painters, calligraphers, lettering artists, and graphic designers.

https://bl.ag/letterheads-per-lhorta-an-intimate-international-meet/

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Calligraphy #Lettering #GraphicDesign #Almàssera #Valencia #Letterheads #IOAFS

Man pointing at something out of the frame while holding a hand-painted signs that says "Rotulos".

This short film I'm making about veteran Hackney signwriter Brian Walker is very close to fully funded.

Please help to push it over the line by either by throwing some £$€ into the hat or boosting/reposting this to reach others that might want to support micro-budget independent filmmaking.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Boost #Hackney

Portrait of a man posing in front of a sign he is painting on a window. He is holidng his sign painting materials in his hands.

#FensterFreitag #signs #SignPainting #GraphicDesign #typography

The kickstarter for me next short film is showing as 94% funded. Will you be the one that tips it over the finish line before Monday's deadline...

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Kickstarter #ShortFilm

PS. The next short film in the series is being funded on Kickstarter, and there are eight days left to back it, including the opportunity to get your name in the credits:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Hackney #Kickstarter

I believe that Vienna's Schildermalermuseum is the only one in the world that's solely dedicated to sign painting, but I'd love to be proved wrong!

I was lucky to visit in 2016 (https://bl.ag/viennas-incredible-schildermalermuseum/) and then to collaborate with Tom Koch on a short film about the museum's founder, Josef Samuel: https://bl.ag/meet-josef-samuel-viennas-last-signpainter/.

🧵 3/3

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Museums #Vienna

New(ish) at bl.ag online, 'Hand-Painted Shopfronts in Rural Uganda', where Olivia Krawczyk introduces the hand-painted signs for businesses large and small in the rural Kumi district.

https://bl.ag/hand-painted-shopfronts-in-rural-uganda/

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Kumi #Uganda #SmallShops #Brands #Advertising

Scene from outside an market building in Uganda, with stalls selling goods. The side of the building is covered with a large hand-painted sign in bright reds, yellows, and greens, with realistic pictorials of two cooking oil containers branded 'Fortune'.

From today’s trip to Sacramento, California. More: https://flickr.com/photos/23806189@N00/sets/72177720326405775 #SignPainting #NeonSigns #Signs #WoodlandCA #DavisCA #Sacramento

Photo of a sign, “Varsity”, on an art deco building.

Photo of a sign on a building. A cartoon man with a mortarboard cap stands next to a rug with the words: “Sacramento Rug Works”. Also on the sign:

SINCE 1905
RUG CLEANING BY RUG MEN

Photo of a weathered sign painted on the side of an aluminum building. It reads “Valley View Packing”.

Photo of a ghost sign on the side of a stone building. It advertises “Carpets, Lace Curtains, The Vogue, Levi Strauss & Co’s Overalls.”

Having a fun day on press with BLAG 07, the Letterheads special: https://bl.ag/07.

It never ceases to feel like magic when those digital files turn into the real thing on paper. This time there's 60% more if it than usual, and I am loving every fresh sheet that emerges.

There's still a way to go until it's all folded, stitched, trimmed, and bound, but the early signs are that this will be my favourite yet.

#SignPainting #Magazine #Letterheads #IOAFS

Man leaning over a table and smiling as he looks at a freshly printed sheet of colourful pages from a magazine about sign painting.

With the US dollar in freefall, there's never been a better time for those in Europe, the UK, and Australia to join BLAG, which is priced in USD*.

And you can save even more on your first year with the Mastodon/Fediverse special offer at https://bl.ag/md20, which includes the latest issue (https://bl.ag/06) sent right away.

*My loss unfortunately!

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Magazine #Ad

Firewood for sale on the edge of The Great Swamp, NJ #sign #signage #lettering #signpainting

An outdoor firewood stand displaying a sign that reads "FIREWOOD FOR SALE" with pricing details. It lists stacks for $6, bundles for $20, and mentions half and full cords. Neatly stacked firewood is visible beneath the sign

Linn 1 hour custom cleaners in South Philadelphia #sign #signage #signpainting #philadelphia #lettering

Window display of a cleaners featuring the name "Linn" and the phrase "1 Hour Custom Cleaners." Additional signs indicate "Shirt Laundry" and "Plant on Premises." The building has a brick exterior.

Sign outside my garden center in NJ #sign #signage #signpainting #lettering

A weathered sign on a chain-link fence reads, "NO TRUCKS ALLOWED to CROSS THIS BRIDGE," surrounded by greenery and trees.

Abdi Sultani's latest 'Trust Signwriters' is fun:

"This is an English-Kiswahili potpourri, but we believe the signwriter could have done better in his mixing things when using the two global language together. For instance TYPING should have been followed by etc (short for etcetera) and not nk (short for na kadhalika). And then, what’s the N doing before the last letter T in the word we all know as INTERNET? Trust signwriters!"

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Kiswahili #Lettering