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Sam at BLAGSteven Heller got his latest BLAG / IOAFS:<a href="https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-a-sign-that-handmade-signs-are-not-obsolete/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-a-sign-that-handmade-signs-are-not-obsolete/</a>Previously featured here: <a href="https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-more-signs-more-lettering/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-more-signs-more-lettering/</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/IOAFS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IOAFS</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BLAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BLAG</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BetterLetters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BetterLetters</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Magazine</a>

Sam at BLAGNew at bl.ag online, 'The Pre-Vinylettes Podcast and More Burds on the Brush', in which Meredith Kasabian gets deeper into her research for the BLAG 07 (<a href="https://bl.ag/07" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/07</a>) feature on women, trans, and nonbinary sign painters.<a href="https://bl.ag/the-pre-vinylettes-podcast-and-more-burds-on-the-brush/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/the-pre-vinylettes-podcast-and-more-burds-on-the-brush/</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signwriting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainters</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Podcasts</a>

TypographicaThe Pre-Vinylettes Podcast and More Burds on the Brush. Meredith Kasabian's conversations with women, trans, and nonbinary sign painters (via <a href="https://typo.social/@blag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@blag</a>): <a href="https://bl.ag/the-pre-vinylettes-podcast-and-more-burds-on-the-brush/?ref=bl-ag-online-latest-all-members-newsletter" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/the-pre-vinylettes-podcast-and-more-burds-on-the-brush/?ref=bl-ag-online-latest-all-members-newsletter</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Podcasts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Podcasts</a>

Sam at BLAG“Value yourself, stay humble, and ask for a deposit before you start work.” — Wise words from Jon May among these profiles of some of the new generation of British signwriters:<a href="https://www.signlink.co.uk/features/on-the-brush-with-the-new-generation-of-british-signwriters/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.signlink.co.uk/features/on-the-brush-with-the-new-generation-of-british-signwriters/</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signwriting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signwriters</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainters</a>

Sam at BLAGYou spelled it wrong: another clanger crosses paths with Abdi Sultani.<a href="https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/oped/no-matter-how-learned-you-are-please-don-t-stop-learning-till-your-dying-day-5081234" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/oped/no-matter-how-learned-you-are-please-don-t-stop-learning-till-your-dying-day-5081234</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#California</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Calfonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Calfonia</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SpellingMistakes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpellingMistakes</a>

Sam at BLAGAnd a periodic reminder that I have an online shop with four different back issues of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine) available in addition to lots of cool books about sign painting, signs, and lettering.<a href="https://shop.bl.ag/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://shop.bl.ag/</a>PS. Members get a 10% discount in the shop, so sign up if you're going to have a little spree 😊 <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BLAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BLAG</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Magazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Magazine</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BookShop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookShop</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BookStore" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BookStore</a>

Sam at BLAGIt came up in the context of this piece from the latest issue of BLAG (<a href="https://bl.ag/07" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/07</a>), which is one of 40 translations of the Letterheads motto (IOAFS) into 35 different languages.It was painted by Danfo artist Samuel Olugbenga Akande, working with Ifeoluwa Adegbie (<a href="https://danfoyellow.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://danfoyellow.wordpress.com</a>), and "embodies the spirit of Lagos and its sign aesthetic" through the lettering, colour scheme, and various pieces of symbolism.<a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lagos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lagos</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Nigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nigeria</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Danfo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Danfo</a>

Sam at BLAGLast call for pledges to this Kickstarter; it's all or nothing, so please back and boost...<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coastmanual/the-coast-manual-of-lettering-and-designs?ref=dp310a" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coastmanual/the-coast-manual-of-lettering-and-designs?ref=dp310a</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Books</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GraphicDesign</a>

Dan WagstaffA lovely short video about Gregg of Cactus Sign Painting in Macclefield. (In your wheelhouse <a href="https://typo.social/@blag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@blag</a> if you’ve not come across this already!)<a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/Q3nJDrhMWmQ?si=52AHIgphoOS4z8CE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/Q3nJDrhMWmQ?si=52AHIgphoOS4z8CE</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/signpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signpainting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/signpainter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signpainter</a>

Steve DallapeGhost sign in the area of The Hill neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/ghostsigns?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ghostsigns</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/signs?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signs</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/signpainting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signpainting</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/graphicdesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#graphicdesign</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/typography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://pxlmo.com/discover/tags/vintage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#vintage</a>

Sam at BLAGNew(ish) at bl.ag online, 'Letterheads 50: 28 Days Later', in which I try to make sense of what happened at the American Sign Museum in June through the lens of photographer Natalie Grilli.<a href="https://bl.ag/letterheads-50-28-days-later/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/letterheads-50-28-days-later/</a>See if you can find me in this huge group shot that Natalie stitched together after shooting a bunch of pictures from up a ladder...<a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Letterheads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Letterheads</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainters</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signwriting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signwriters</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Craft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Craft</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/AmericanSignMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanSignMuseum</a>

Sam at BLAGThank you Polly Robbins for these snaps from the Writer's Block exhibition that's on until the end of September at Witching Hour Tattoo in Portland, OR:<a href="https://www.witchinghour.tattoo/gallery/writers-block-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.witchinghour.tattoo/gallery/writers-block-2025/</a>.I believe <a href="https://typo.social/@BijouType" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@BijouType</a> has some work in the show too.PS. If you don't know Polly, then check out her work here: <a href="https://bl.ag/behind-the-scenic-painting-for-the-oscar-winning-pinocchio/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/behind-the-scenic-painting-for-the-oscar-winning-pinocchio/</a>PPS. Get my periodic events roundup email by subscribing at <a href="https://bl.ag/join" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/join</a>.<a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Neon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Neon</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Tattoos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tattoos</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Exhibition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Exhibition</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Portland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portland</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Type" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Type</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Typography</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signs</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Graffiti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Graffiti</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a>

Colin M. FordAstoria, Queens<a href="https://typo.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/sign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sign</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signpainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Astoria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Astoria</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NYC</a>

Sam at BLAGI've just posted an update to the Kickstarter for reprinting the Coast Manual of Lettering and Designs. It closes this week, so please back and/or boost to help us to the finish line...<a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coastmanual/the-coast-manual-of-lettering-and-designs/posts/4450111" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coastmanual/the-coast-manual-of-lettering-and-designs/posts/4450111</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signwriting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GraphicDesign</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Layout" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Layout</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/RareBooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RareBooks</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Kickstarter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Kickstarter</a>

Mathieu LommenMy 'Quærendo'-article 'Theosophy and Lettering' will soon appear as an A4 booklet for colleagues and friends, aptly designed by <a href="https://typo.social/@sander" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sander</a> Pinkse and partly set in <a href="https://typo.social/@nicksherman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@nicksherman</a>'s Lauweriks font (<a href="https://typo.social/@HEX" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@HEX</a> Projects).On Klaas van Leeuwen’s 'Letterboek voor den teekenaar en ambachtsman', 1907.<a href="https://typo.social/tags/dutchlettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dutchlettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/artnouveau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artnouveau</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/mathieulauweriks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mathieulauweriks</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/geometrictype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#geometrictype</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signpainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/handlettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#handlettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/hexprojects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hexprojects</a>

Sam at BLAG"Lynn Pauley is a sign painter. Not the kind that makes commercial showcards, but a chronicler of the American landscape."<a href="https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-signs-bursting/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-signs-bursting/</a>Look out for a feature on this type of work, albeit not from Lynn Pauley, in the next issue of BLAG.<a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Art</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signs</a>

Sam at BLAGHere are the previous short films in the 'When Better Letters Met' series. I'd love to do more of these if anyone knows where to access funding. <a href="https://bl.ag/tag/when-better-letters-met/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/tag/when-better-letters-met/</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ShortFilms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ShortFilms</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/IndependentFilmmaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndependentFilmmaking</a>

Sam at BLAGI'm getting very excited about the premiere of our short film, 'When Better Letters Met Brian Walker'.For those that we can, we hope you'll join us for an informal evening celebrating Brian's life and work as a signwriter.Tue, 29 July6:30pm for a 7pm startChats Palace, 42-44 Brooksby's Walk, E9 6DFPlease find further details at <a href="https://bl.ag/brian/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/brian/</a>And tell your friends!<a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signwriting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainters</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Signwriters</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ChatsPalace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatsPalace</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Hackney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hackney</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Homerton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Homerton</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Clapton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Clapton</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/London" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#London</a>

Sam at BLAGIn connection with her work on the forthcoming India Street Lettering book, <a href="https://typo.social/@matratype" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@matratype</a> shared her insights into Indian sign painting for BLAG.Read 'Indian Sign Painting: A Typeface Designer's Take on the Craft' at <a href="https://bl.ag/indian-sign-painting-a-typeface-designers-take-on-the-craft/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bl.ag/indian-sign-painting-a-typeface-designers-take-on-the-craft/</a>Following its successful Kickstarter funding campaign, the book is now available for pre-order directly from the <a href="https://mastodon.social/@blaft" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@blaft</a> website here:<a href="https://www.blaft.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/india-street-lettering" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.blaft.com/collections/new-arrivals/products/india-street-lettering</a><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainting</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SignPainters</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/TypeDesigner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TypeDesigner</a>

Colin M. Ford<a href="https://typo.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewJersey</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/sign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sign</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signage</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lettering</a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#signpainting</a>

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