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Illustration by Gregorius Bock, from Beinecke MS 439 (ca. 1510).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/2e8329d8-99c8-4f95-bd5d-cec5769bea95

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

New at bl.ag online, ‘Chain Letter: Vanessa Power’, the latest in this never-ending series of lettering folk sharing work that has made a lasting impression on them:

https://bl.ag/chain-letter-vanessa-power/

View the series to date at https://bl.ag/tag/chainletter/.

#ChainLetter #Lettering #SignPainting #Alphabets #Inspiration

Mnemonic Alphabet (1482) by Jacobus Publicius, from Ars Oratoria. Ars Epistolandi. Ars Memorativa.

Source: Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève Livres / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/20f4242c-8dcc-4cc9-9b9f-b6e804024679

#symbols #alphabets #language #memory #design #art #publicdomain

Carlo Bassani, Il Pittore di Caratteri : Alfabeti Artistici in Colore. Milano, 1890.

https://archive.org/details/gri_33125016465821/page/n45/mode/2up

#Calligraphy #Lettering #Alphabets #1890s #19thCentury

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ad7e0c32-e8e9-48a2-b01e-9bb6bee98583

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Gregorius Bock, from Beinecke MS 439 (ca. 1510).

Source: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/19ea90d0-9388-4088-a8c9-fedf37d75c5c

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Rob Cooper posted this to Facebook and I've never seen the collection in this way, despite being involved in getting each individual one printed.

I think we'll get a few more under our belt and then do some kind of standalone publication/special insert.

PS. The link he has in the post is https://bl.ag/join where you can get the latest issue (https://bl.ag/08). For back issues, visit https://bl.ag/backissues, noting that extremely limited stock remains of issues 03 (turquoise) and 05 (yellow).

#Alphabets #SignPainting #Lettering #Magazines

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3a7fbd5a-6f08-4e0a-934b-79a09f12f6b7

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/53b45fc2-3c47-4b5e-a86b-4221fd4670a5

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

From Kunstrichtige Schreibart (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/3254aeee-7443-4496-a42c-2c1d5914e8b2

#type #alphabets #decorative #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

New at bl.ag online, ‘From A to Z: Rachel Joy’s Playful Alphabetic Explorations’, with letters inspired by memories, games, artists, and experimentation:

https://bl.ag/joy

Pictured is some fun I had with Rachel’s letters, using them to spell... BLAG, of course!

PS. There’s even more from Rachel in the BLAG 03 feature, ‘Tricks of the Eye: Optical Illusions in Murals’: https://bl.ag/03.

#Lettering #SignPainting #Letters #Alphabets #Games #Joy

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/ca167e11-aa92-4cbb-b70f-57584fae9951

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f07a6433-6f65-4717-8674-91f30478f765

#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Jan Christian Bierpfaff, Jeremias Falck, from Libellus Novus Elementorum Latinorum (ca. 1645-50).

Source: Rijksmuseum

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/1bf171b8-8fab-435d-bc4c-752b512a308c

#alphabets #grotesques #decorative #letters #botanical #typography #design #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/18e537fe-b069-459b-bd00-5aabf09f6877

#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain

Goodness gracious me, it's actually a real book, with an introductory essay from the wonderful Morgane Côme.

This one from @letterformarchive looks spectacular and I can't wait to get my hands on it.

Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/

PS. Some of this stuff appeared in a small segment in BLAG 02 (https://bl.ag/02) but this book is next level.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Enseignes #Signwriters #Signwriting #France #Alphabets

Announcing
Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painters’ Alphabets

Our latest book takes an immersive look inside the large lithographic portfolios that inspired public lettering in Belle Époque France. With in-depth research from sign painter Morgane Côme and dozens of rare alphabet plates, it’s an essential reference and delightful guide to the fashionable letterforms that defined the classic French streetscape.

#SignPainting #Alphabets #Lettering #ad

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/lettres-decoratives/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=Lettres_Announcement

@gutenberg_org regroups some treasures, such as this list of books of alphabets, lettering, contouring or shaping. Stunning!

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=alphabets

#projectgutenberg #typography #typogeek #alphabets

Illustration by Joseph-Balthazar Sylvestre, from Alphabet-album; collection de soixante feuilles d'alphabets historiés et fleuronnés, tirés des principales bibliothèques de l'Europe (1843).

Source: Boston Public Library / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/b38d951e-8b88-42c1-b76c-6e23ad591f2b

#type #alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #design #fonts #art #publicdomain

Thanks to everyone that came to #Alphabetum on Saturday to see Writing Systems of the Otherworld in collaboration with Tim Brookes @Endangeredalphabets.

We see @letterror, @typearture and @AleksandraSamulenkova reading and discussing dream stories that lead to the creation of these #alphabets, #syllabics or #idiographic languages.
Also present, but not in the pictures; @MatthijsSluiter, @underware, @typotheque and @TypeMedia student & alumni and non-Mastodonians.

Illustration by Earl Harvey Lyall, from The Cubies’ ABC (1913).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/70fc093e-807a-408f-a27c-b301aaf2eb03

#easels #alphabets #painting #sitting #smoking #modernism #cubism #art #publicdomain

Illustration by Earl Harvey Lyall, from The Cubies’ ABC (1913).

Source: The Getty / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/12bb5946-bb06-49c4-b9dc-dca391c1f898

#easels #alphabets #painting #portraiture #modernism #cubism #art #publicdomain

Letter X from <i>Dream Alphabet</i> (1683) by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, from Alfabeto in sogno
.

Source: @[email protected] / Internet Archive

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/77555f0a-90da-4fb4-9256-14250e618fbe

#alphabets #typography #twins #design #fonts #art #publicdomain

How Archaeologists Uncovered the World’s First Alphabet | Human | BBC Earth Science - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGvNs1xOfmA

#History #Languages #Alphabets

Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).

Source: @[email protected] / Internet Archive

Available to buy as a print.

https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bcd9623d-12c1-41e0-991b-c5f6cff66f0f

#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain