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Sam at BLAG<p>I'll also be delivering a short session during Saturday's BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06 (<a href="https://bl.ag/meet" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/meet</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).</p><p>This is'ot strictly connected to the latest issue of the magazine, but I'm using the free, online event to share details of my forthcoming Kickstarter that aims to raise funds to finish a short film I've been working on: When Better Letters Met Brian Walker.</p><p>You can pre-register for the Kickstarter now: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kickstarter.com/projects/samro</span><span class="invisible">berts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriters</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>Sneak preview of a little film project I've had bubbling away in the background:</p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kickstarter.com/projects/samro</span><span class="invisible">berts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg</span></a></p><p>It's going to be the fifth in the 'When Better Letters Met' series:</p><p><a href="https://bl.ag/tag/when-better-letters-met/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.ag/tag/when-better-letters-</span><span class="invisible">met/</span></a></p><p>Boosts appreciated for this 'pre-launch' page on the kickstarter that will go live next month 😊 </p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriters</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>"When I open a can of paint, I just love how it looks; I almost want to drink it." — British artist Richard Wright on training to become a signwriter.</p><p>From the Art Newspaper (@theartnewspaper@bsky.social) interview here: <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/28/richard-wright-when-i-open-a-can-of-paint-i-just-love-how-it-looks-i-almost-want-to-drink-it" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theartnewspaper.com/2025/03/28</span><span class="invisible">/richard-wright-when-i-open-a-can-of-paint-i-just-love-how-it-looks-i-almost-want-to-drink-it</span></a>.</p><p>PS. I've added Wright to the list of 'celebrity' sign painters here: <a href="https://bl.ag/celebrity-signwriters-past-present/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.ag/celebrity-signwriters-pa</span><span class="invisible">st-present/</span></a>. Thanks as always to Tony Mead for the ongoing tip-offs.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/RichardWright" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RichardWright</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Artist</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>I got interviewed for a podcast, and you can listen from about 22 minutes here: <a href="https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-stack/653/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">monocle.com/radio/shows/the-st</span><span class="invisible">ack/653/</span></a></p><p>My segment lasts about 12 minutes and I talk about BLAG, what I'm doing with the magazine, the community that is forming around it, and the wider world of the Letterheads. </p><p>Thank you to Mae-Li Evans and Monocle for inviting me to be a part of it. </p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Podcast</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Letterheads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Letterheads</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/FileteadoPorte%C3%B1o" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FileteadoPorteño</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Travsletters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Travsletters</span></a></span> Welcome! For getting started, I recommend following lots of people, and then unfollowing/muting to fine tune your 'feed'.</p><p>You can have a look at the people I follow for ideas: <a href="https://typo.social/@blag/following" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">typo.social/@blag/following</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>And also at the activity and members on typo.social <a href="https://typo.social/public/local" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">typo.social/public/local</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Hashtags are worth following, although so far <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> and <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> are pretty quiet!</p><p>For more general tips, follow/take a look at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> account and website: <a href="https://fedi.tips/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedi.tips/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>Following the recent influx of new folk across the fediverse — welcome! — here's a new <a href="https://typo.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> to me, Sam Roberts.</p><p>I am the editor and publisher of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine) at <a href="https://bl.ag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, and part-time Ghostsigns blogger at <a href="https://ghostsigns.co.uk/blog" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ghostsigns.co.uk/blog</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>I'm a Londoner living in Sant Pere de Ribes, Catalonia, Spain, and here on Mastodon I tend to tag with <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a>, <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a>, <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettering</span></a>, and <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Ghostsigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ghostsigns</span></a>, plus ocassional tangents.</p><p>Portrait: Yanina Shevchenko, 2024.</p>
Sam at BLAG<p>'The Burds Are Back in Town, and It's Bristol' is the latest at bl.ag online, with a report from the recent gathering of women, trans, and non-binary sign painters.</p><p><a href="https://bl.ag/the-burds-are-back-in-town-and-its-bristol/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.ag/the-burds-are-back-in-to</span><span class="invisible">wn-and-its-bristol/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Bristol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bristol</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>OK, follow-up <a href="https://typo.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> question: What are your favourite (active) feeds for topics such as <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> / <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicDesign</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Ghostsigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ghostsigns</span></a>?</p><p>Mine is at <a href="https://bl.ag/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or <a href="https://bl.ag/rss" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/rss</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, and here are some others I already follow:</p><p>The Anvil by BLAG sub-editor Jenna Homen:<br><a href="https://jennahomen.substack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jennahomen.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Overall Murals:<br><a href="https://www.overallmurals.com/journal" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">overallmurals.com/journal</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@letterformarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>letterformarchive</span></a></span> News:<br><a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">letterformarchive.org/news/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@FontsInUse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FontsInUse</span></a></span> Blog:<br><a href="https://feeds.feedburner.com/FontsInUse" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">feeds.feedburner.com/FontsInUs</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a></p><p>Continues...</p>
Ghostsigns (Sam Roberts)<p>Some lovely ghost signs in Jenna Homen's latest despatch, and my ears are burning: <a href="https://jennahomen.substack.com/p/the-art-of-disappearing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">jennahomen.substack.com/p/the-</span><span class="invisible">art-of-disappearing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ghostsigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ghostsigns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RoadTrip" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RoadTrip</span></a></p>
Dance Gran!OASIS. <br> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/urban?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#urban</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/decay?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decay</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/typography?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#typography</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/graphicdesign?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#graphicdesign</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/signwriting?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#signwriting</a>
Sam at BLAG<p>Thank you @insertdaniels (IG) for this BLAG panel inspired by the tradition of ox-cart (carreta) decoration in Costa Rica. And the work of Sarchí's Don Luis.</p><p>This decorative artform is the topic of a BLAG 05 article (<a href="https://bl.ag/05" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/05</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), and there's even more in the accompanying digital companion at <a href="https://bl.ag/the-blag-05-digital-companion/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">bl.ag/the-blag-05-digital-comp</span><span class="invisible">anion/</span></a>.</p><p>Reminder: Fediverse folk get a discount on BLAG, which includes issue 05, at <a href="https://bl.ag/md20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/md20</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/CostaRica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CostaRica</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/DecorativeArts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DecorativeArts</span></a></p>
Ryan "lofenyy" Medeiros<p>Thinking about making a custom <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Squeekboard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Squeekboard</span></a> keyboard for <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Deaf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deaf</span></a> users, so they may write in <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a>. </p><p>I'm primarily concerned with the Canadian Prairie variant of <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/ASL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASL</span></a> because that's what's used here, and what I will be using once I study <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/AmericanSignLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanSignLanguage</span></a>. </p><p>For those who don't know, I will be going permanently deaf at some point in my life, with no eta. due to <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/otosclerosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otosclerosis</span></a>.</p>
Cian Ó hAnnrachán - Cian Han<p>This morning, while my daughter finishes her homework, I've been mucking about with numbers. I want a set of numbers for <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GT7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GT7</span></a> that looks handpainted, and just messy enough to stand out. I just freehanded what looks "ok" to my mind, rather than break out the font editing rulebook. I'm sure I'm doing it all wrong, but it's been fun figuring out weighting and angles. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fonts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fonts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/granturismo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>granturismo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/GranTurismo7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GranTurismo7</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>New at bl.ag online, '75 Today: Happy Birthday A.S. Handover!' Visit <a href="https://bl.ag/handover" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/handover</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for a little birthday message of thanks from me and everyone that's ever been involved with BLAG / Better Letters.</p><p>🎉 🎉 🎉 </p><p>PS. To celebrate three quarters of a century in business, this week Handover is offering 10% off all orders from <a href="https://handover.co.uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">handover.co.uk</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> with the discount code ASH75. Go get some!</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Brushes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Brushes</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/BrushMakers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BrushMakers</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>Visit <a href="https://bl.ag/cartoons" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/cartoons</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> for dozens of sign painting, lettering, typography, and calligraphy cartoons.</p><p>'¡Ay, Caramba! It's Cartoon Time' is new(ish) at bl.ag online.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>calligraphy</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signs</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/sign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sign</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/type" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>type</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/cartoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoon</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/cartoons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cartoons</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humour</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>Feeling happy that I went with the USA-centric 'sign painter' / 'sign painting' for the magazine, as I continue to see numerous examples of 'signwriter' and 'signwriting' (mis)used to refer to any form of sign making, rather than specifically hand-painted work.</p><p>Sign painting is also very 'does what it says on the tin', whereas you can often get into longer explanatory conversations when referring to signwriting.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriters</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>That's BLAG 05 on its way to members around the world*; watch those post/mail boxes! If you're not already on the distribution list, then join today via <a href="https://bl.ag/md20" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/md20</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. </p><p>Next week, I'll be sharing more of what's inside, so don't miss out on that by joining the free email list via <a href="https://bl.ag/join" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/join</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. </p><p>*Strictly, those pictured are just for folks in Spain, plus two special deliveries further afield. </p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ad</span></a></p>
Hilary Palmén<p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>These observations on the sign writing trade in England from 40 years ago are remarkable in the context of the Letterheads movement that has since emerged: <a href="https://bl.ag/letterheads" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/letterheads</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>. And of course the world wide web.</p><p>From The English Pub (1984) by Andy Whipple and Rob Anderson.</p><p>NB. There is now a newsletter, in digital (free) and print form, both of which are available via <a href="https://bl.ag/join" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/join</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/letterheads" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>letterheads</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a></p>
Intention web design<p>Cute swan family at the marina, and also great Art Deco lettering and paint job on the narrowboat "Augusta May" (photo by unknown resident)<br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/artDeco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artDeco</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/signWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>signWriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/narrowboat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narrowboat</span></a></p>