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BLAG: Adventures in Sign Painting Craft, Community, and Culture.

The world's only print and online publication dedicated to sign painting.

Inside you'll find […]

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@royreed.bsky.social Oct 11, 2026, 8:58 PMReposted by @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy

I've added all of the photos that will appear in the book to an album of 1970s and '80s graffiti on Flickr. Some of the photographs in this album contain offensive racist and sexist writing. Please don't look if you are likely to be upset by this.

www.flickr.com/photos/royre...

@royreed.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 4:13 PMReposted by @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy

Back in June I was approached by an American exhibition design and publishing company to ask if they could use a few of my photos of graffiti from the 1970s in a book to accompany an exhibition on graffiti and street art. Click to read more...

reeddesign.co.uk/wordpress/20...

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 10:50 AM

The new series of Letter Exchange lectures is now out, kicking off next week with @richardardagh on Type Archived, and then running more or less monthly until the summer.

The lectures can be attended in-person in London, or online via Zoom.

https://letterexchange.org/events

#Lettering #Type […]

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 9:59 AM

New at bl.ag online (aka @sam), ‘Chicago Sign Writing in The Origin of the Serif’, with a reproduction of the final chapter of Edward Catich’s seminal work with the kind permission of St. Ambrose University […]

[Original post on typo.social]

The Cooper Black I in black on white with the left side showing how, with small horizontal movements, the full serifed letter can be constructed in two strokes.

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 2:36 PM

In Markdown, are there any other ways of implementing footnotes besides the [^1] format outlined on this page?

https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#footnotes

I'm trying to add some to a piece in Ghost and it is not automatically rendering as it does with other Markdown elements […]

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 11:45 AM

New typeface and identity for Fulham Football Club inspired by the stadium's hand-painted lettering:

https://music.agency/work/fulham-fc/

The Music agency brought in @f37foundry to develop the typeface.

cc @sportsfonts

#FFC #Fulham #Fonts #Type

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 8:32 AM

A good sign maker considers the wider context in which their work will appear.

This can include the nature of neighbouring signage, the position of the sun at different times of the day/year, and the various angles from which the sign will be viewed by the […]

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Photo at night of a small eatery called Pick Me Up. Its sign in cursive yellow lettering is partially obscured the protruding canopy/lintel below such that what's visible reads as "Dick Me Up".

@micahblachman.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 4, 2026, 11:22 AMReposted by @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy

@blag Not sure if this is what you're looking for, but this photographer documents brick ads.

https://marlenkemmet.com/ghost-signs/

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 4, 2026, 10:03 AM

Nice little video with the stories behind some of the ghost signs in Bozeman, Montana.

https://nbcmontana.com/news/montana-moment/ghost-signs-faded-brick-ads-tell-stories-of-the-past

I'd be interested to know if there are any historical records referring to Brick Ads, as this was the name of […]

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 11:59 AM

Am I hallucinating or was there once a Twitter hashtag like #UnintentionalAmpersand or #AmpersandInTheWild?

Either way, here's one spotted in the kitchen today.

cc @daveybot

#Ampersand

Photo of a small piece of chain with a clasp on the end that is sitting on a black speckled marble surface such that the way it curls over itself gives the appearance of an ampersand.

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 2, 2026, 7:01 AM

RE: https://typo.social/@jackusine/117367453024917916

Clearly Bordeaux is the place to be next week...

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 1, 2026, 12:35 PM

Does anyone know how to get an RSS feed from the @eyemagazine blog?

https://www.eyemagazine.com/blog

PS. The latest has a nice write-up of the @letterformarchive book: Lettres Décoratives.

https://www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/books-received-65

#RSS #EyeMagazine

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 30, 2026, 2:30 PM

RE: https://mastodon.social/@simplebits/117356573418187954

This is a good newsletter that I recently subscribed to, but make sure you have some time to click and indulge links when you open each one.

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 30, 2026, 7:08 AM

I think a few of the graphic design, photography, and typography folk on here would get a kick out of Tom Koch's series of six zines about his time in Japan: Tokyo Bento.

They're all presented here for digital browsing:

https://www.tomkoch.net

The pictured […]

[Original post on typo.social]

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 29, 2026, 12:40 PM

I'm working on a little 'support your local bookshop' mailshot to counter a big promotional push I'm seeing from a major online retailer.

I'll obviously include a plug for the BLAG shop (https://bl.ag/shop) but Is there anything else I should add to the following three suggestions?

1 […]

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 28, 2026, 2:40 PM

New at bl.ag online (aka @sam), ‘Unpredictable Precision: Bringing Gluechipping Back to Japan’, with Sayumi Mizukoshi sharing her sign painting story and her work reviving this technique in Japan […]

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Photo of a woman in front of a small easel with a piece of glass propped up on it. She is concentrating as she holds a piece of gold leaf on a brush, about to apply it to the glass in the process of gilding a gluechipped letter that is on the glass. To her side, a person is standing, only their body visible, while holding a notebook. Around the easel on the table are materials and pieces of equipment including a bottle with liquid inside, paper cups and more gold leaves.

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 28, 2026, 11:16 AM

Reminded me of this collection of archival Hungarian sign painting/painter photos:

https://bl.ag/a-fascinating-collection-of-hungarian-sign-painting-photos-1906-1976/

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Signwriting #Hungary

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 28, 2026, 5:37 AM

RE: https://zpravobot.news/@eastblocvisuals/117344629380936693

Little bit of sign painting going on there!

@blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 26, 2026, 8:43 AM

An interesting consultancy role is being advertised at the Ditchling Museum of Art + Craft:

https://www.ditchlingmuseumartcraft.org.uk/consultant-brief/

#FediHire #Art #Craft #Ditchling #Sussex

@deano-510.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy Sep 25, 2026, 7:33 PMReposted by @blag.typo.social.ap.brid.gy

Forwarding this one mostly for @blag , but I’m sure you’ve already seen it by now. Sign painting is alive and well in SF!

#signs #signage #painting #art #design […]

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