#signwriting — Public Fediverse posts

I’m on a podcast, talking about BLAG, books, and the joy of print: https://the-life-of-letters.castos.com/episodes/celebrating-letters-with-blag-magazine

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Publishing #Books #Magazines #LifeOfLetters

‘Back to His Roots: David Mearns Gets Back on the Brush at 50’ — my latest column for Signlink:

https://www.signlink.co.uk/specials/back-to-his-roots-david-mearns-gets-back-on-the-brush-at-50/

#SignPainting #Signwriting #SignPainters #Signwriters #Signlink

RE: https://typo.social/@muraterturk/116954300975174099

This is a fantastic site for those interested in #SignWriting.

Great to see people working on resources like this (similar to @matratype's excellent India Street Lettering site/book) that act as both a historical record and a source of Design inspiration for Human created #Typography.

Congratulations on the launch @muraterturk 👏

If you're in/around Amsterdam next week, then the international Letterheads event, hosted by Amsterdam Signpainters, will have an 'open doors' component from about midday on Sunday, 30 August:

https://www.amsterdamsignpainters.nl/program/

If you're curious to see what one of these events is all about, then this is the perfect opportunity. I'll also be there, gradually winding down my table of books and magazines, so don't be shy.

Likewise, feel free to ask me anything about Letterheads here. (I've also posted a lot about the movement via @sam over the years: https://bl.ag/tag/letterheads/.)

Amsterdam Sea Level Letterheads artwork by Dave Correll: https://www.instagram.com/davecorrellbrushwork/.

#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Amsterdam

Massive announcement for anyone in/travelling to France in the Autumn/early Winter: Morgane Côme is going on tour with events galore to mark the publication of her latest book.

https://morganec.fr/festival

I'm desperately seeing if I can get to either the Paris or Lyon events, but this entire programme is incredible so go check it out.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #France #Books #Events

New(ish) at bl.ag online, ‘What’s Inside Issue 09 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)?’, with my guided tour of the articles and features that fill the 80 advertising-free pages of our latest adventures in sign painting:

https://bl.ag/whats-inside-issue-09-of-blag-better-letters-magazine/

As always, the designers at UTILE have reworked the masthead/logotype with reference to the cover photo, hence my new profile pic — ’tis the season for chrome I guess.

Tomorrow I’ll be sharing lots of bonus content in this issue’s digital companion, most of which is exclusive to the paid members around the world that keep BLAG running and free of all that pesky advertising.

You too can be one of those good folks by signing up at https://bl.ag/join 😊

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #BLAG #Magazines

This is the last workshop from John King for 2026 and his classes come highly recommended for anyone that's just starting out with sign painting.

https://johnkingletterart.com/products/introduction-to-sign-painting-workshop-sept-26th-27th-2026

If you're not in Los Angeles and interested in sign painting workshops, I run through some people and places offering these (including online) at https://bl.ag/learn.

My regular Worldwide Events Roundup emails offer a more dynamic listings service. You can sign up for those at https://bl.ag/join.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Workshops #LosAngeles

Great opportunity for New York folk to learn from Denmark's Veronika Skilte next weekend, August 1–2.

https://shop.nysignmuseum.org/products/intro-to-commercial-sign-painting-with-veronika-skilte

Hosted by the wonderful folks at the New York Sign Museum / Noble Signs.

#SignPainting #Workshops #NewYork #Signwriting

… and, for anyone more generally interested in #SignWriting, there is some great content regularly posted by @blag a magazine dedicated to sign painting craft, community and culture.

https://bl.ag

Always nice to see this one ageing gracefully when on holiday near Mons, Herault, France.

#Signs #Gite #Mons #Herault #France #SignPainting #Signwriting

In a few hours I'll be sending out my periodic roundup of sign painting and lettering events around the world and online.

The mailing list is free to join, with options to also get regular despatches from the articles at bl.ag online, news from Ghostsigns, and more.

Sign up via https://bl.ag/#/portal/signup.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #MailingList

Tomorrow I'm getting first eyes on Issue 09 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine). To celebrate, I'm doing a little promotion/welcome offer for new members.

Visit https://bl.ag/09special on or before 1 July 2026 to start your adventures in sign painting in style with $20 off the most popular annual Blagger plan and a first delivery that includes both BLAG 09 and BLAG 08 (pictured and at https://bl.ag/08).

That's a bumper batch of summer reading, plus full bl.ag online access, digital back issues, and the member discount in the BLAG Shop at https://bl.ag/shop.

Take up the offer at https://bl.ag/09special.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Magazines #Ad

RE: https://typo.social/@Luke/116806830715501880

What’s inside Issue 08 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)? Find out at https://bl.ag/08.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Magazines

@mwichary I know they're not what you're looking for, but your post has given me an excuse to share these signwritten ones from David Kynaston in North Wales.

#Signwriting #SignPainting #Ligatures

All 128 pages of BLAG 07, the Letterheads special, are now available for members to read digitally on the back issues page:

https://bl.ag/backissues

And, once again, a shout out to Heyzine, my new platform for embedding these:

https://heyzine.com

It's easy to use, looks great, and is much better value versus issuu etc:. And they're based in Spain!

#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering

A group chat I'm in got started on the 'Sign painting, art or craft?' question today, and I linked to this article I wrote, which includes the quote below from Tony Lewery:

"Art is about the emotional response, craft is the practical handling of materials and techniques. Happily the two are so often involved and interdependent that this separation is quite unnecessary."

https://bl.ag/what-is-sign-painting-or-even-signwriting/

Night night.

#Art #Craft #SignPainting #FolkArt #CommercialArt #Signwriting

New at bl.ag online, 'Field Notes from BLAG: May 2026', with the New York vernacular, brush care, DIY directionals, Barcelona painters, and more from the field.

https://bl.ag/fieldnotes/field-notes-from-blag-may-2026/

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Ghostsigns #FieldNotes

Opening a Shop with Bungo Sign Co.

https://video.bl.ag/w/krettBigicpZ3Y5uk5zBGg

For folk in Melbourne, Liane Barker has set dates for two workshops that are well worth attending: Intro to Sign Lettering, 27–28 June, and Glass Gilding, 17–19 July.

https://www.masteringtheartofsignwriting.com/in-person-1

PS. Check out Liane and her father Maurie's lives in signs here:

https://bl.ag/60-years-on-the-brush-the-barker-signs-story/

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Gilding #Craft #Workshops #Melbourne

In today's instalment of the migration from Vimeo to @sam, we have 'When Better Letters Met Josef Samuel', directed by Tom Koch:

https://video.bl.ag/w/bTk2LT6EampVrXSHoGjZGa

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Vienna #Austria #Craft #History

It’s layout and proofing time for the next issue, BLAG 09.

I’m now happy that I numbered them 01, 02, 03, etc, as issue 10 is already in the works, and the system will keep me going well into my 90s at the current rate of two per year.

If you’re not subscribed, then my profile has a special follower offer, or the Printer plan is a cheaper option for just the print magazine: https://bl.ag/join. New members get issue 08 (https://bl.ag/08) sent straight away.

For all back issues, visit https://bl.ag/backissues.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #BLAG #Indie #Magazines

A rabbit hole today led me once again to Richard Gregory's useful website, which has been down the last few times I've tried.

Check out these two series of posts at the heart of it:

The English Signwriting Tradition: https://www.signpainting.co.uk/craft/

Letters Potent: https://www.signpainting.co.uk/lettering/

I've taken the liberty of downloading every page to my computer as the Wayback Machine copy doesn't look to be working as it should.
cc @internetarchive

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering

[Edit: Sold. Check out all the other back issues and books at https://bl.ag/shop.]

I'm down to my last 'BLAG Back Issues Bundle' which contains issues, 03, 05, 06, and 07, the Letterheads special. for £80 with shipping to anywhere in the world included:

https://shop.bl.ag/products/blag-back-issues-bundle

Issue 05 (https://bl.ag/05) is the one that's down to a single issue, so once this is gone, it's gone and I'll probably do another bundle with the other three which can all be bought individually.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Magazines #BLAG

Back in stock for EU and UK customers, plus a few international destinations: 'Lettres Décoratives: A Century of French Sign Painter Alphabets' from @letterformarchive

https://shop.bl.ag/products/lettres-decoratives

There's more about the book in this recent bl.ag online review:

https://bl.ag/lettres-decoratives-and-the-history-of-french-sign-painting/

#SignPainting #Enseignes #Signwriting #Books #LetterformArchive

Testing, testing, 123.

This is the set-up for Saturday's (free) virtual BLAG Meet, less the hard-wired ethernet cable to ensure a good connection for video playback.

Learn more about the event, and register, here: https://bl.ag/meet

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #FreeEvents #OnlineEvents

Here’s my latest ‘worldwide events roundup’ email, packed with workshops, exhibitions, and gatherings taking place online and across the globe in the months ahead.

https://bl.ag/email/d0386c90-c4de-4b4d-9989-662061a92dbf/

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Events #Exhibitions #Workshops

New at bl.ag online, ‘William Gilpin: Signwriter of Ulverston’, with a reproduction of Tony Lewery’s 2016 article describing one man’s contribution to the character of a Cumbrian town.

https://bl.ag/william-gilpin-signwriter-of-ulverston/

With thanks to Tony Lewery and Forum editor John Neilson for their kind permission to share this wonderful piece with BLAG readers. Forum 31 with the original is available in the Letter Exchange shop:

https://letterexchange.org/shop/forum-journal/forum-31

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Ulverston #Cumbria #SignPainters #Signwriters

Thank you to Curtis @jectives for featuring next week's (free and online) BLAG Meet (https://bl.ag/meet) event in this roundup?

https://www.youtube.com/live/WnRrPHLgCC0?t=410&si=D2jT0eDj8x8VRZ1p

There's a roughly 50/50 split between live and pre-recorded sessions, with a live chat room running throughout for all guests.

Join us from 14:00 London time on Saturday, 25 April.

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #FreeEvent

I'm looking forward to hearing Ged Palmer's lecture for Letter Exchange next week.

The event is being held in London, but also livestreamed for those, like me, that are unable to attend in-person:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/lecture-by-ged-palmer-lettering-artist-signwriter-designer-educator-tickets-1604483335849

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #OnlineEvents #LetterExchange

Tickets are getting snapped up now.

Get less FOMO and more IOAFS in your life this summer by booking here:

https://ticketsoft.nl/pos/event/9d589773-8cc1-4401-97f0-d6bc74de1e62

#SignPainting #Signwriting #Lettering #Letterheads