Tezzo Suzuki Calendars have arrived from Japan! Order now to get yours before 2026. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/tezzo-suzuki-calendar-2026/?utm_source=Mastodon
Tezzo Suzuki Calendars have arrived from Japan! Order now to get yours before 2026. https://letterformarchive.org/shop/tezzo-suzuki-calendar-2026/?utm_source=Mastodon
If you want to buy some real art from a real person in this relentless season of commerce, then why not see which of Rachel Joy's one-off letters are left in stock. Each one is 50 × 50 cm, painted in lettering enamel on canvas.
https://www.racheljoy.art/shop
Learn more about the stories and inspiration behind some of these via this recent despatch from Rachel's newsletter, which you should probably subscribe to:
https://us20.campaign-archive.com/?u=73ace62722651ce75e102b630&id=6365f806f5
#SignPainting #Art #Signwriting #Lettering #Letters #Alphabet
A deep bow to @kellianderson for the astonishing ambition of Alphabet in Motion. My favorite pop-up mechanisms are those that clearly explain principles of type design that are difficult to show in static images: the asymmetry of S and O; the optical correction devices of overshoot and horizontal/vertical stroke weights; the concept of variable axes. It’s not only beautiful and fun, it’s a godsend for educators! #KelliAnderson #PopupBooks #TypeDesign #Lettering
A deep bow to @kellianderson for the astonishing ambition of Alphabet in Motion. My favorite pop-up mechanisms are those that clearly explain principles of type design that are difficult to show in static images: the asymmetry of S and O; the optical correction devices of overshoot and horizontal/vertical stroke weights; the concept of variable axes. It’s not only beautiful and fun, it’s a godsend for educators! #KelliAnderson #PopupBooks #TypeDesign #Lettering
Fight for Kindness 2025: A Typographic Movement for Empathy & Positive Change https://theinspirationgrid.com/editorial/fight-for-kindness-2025-a-typographic-movement-for-empathy-positive-change/ #lettering #HandLettering #typography #GraphicDesign #DesignInspiration #DesignInspo #inspiration #InspirationGrid
Fight for Kindness 2025: A Typographic Movement for Empathy & Positive Change https://theinspirationgrid.com/editorial/fight-for-kindness-2025-a-typographic-movement-for-empathy-positive-change/ #lettering #HandLettering #typography #GraphicDesign #DesignInspiration #DesignInspo #inspiration #InspirationGrid
Yesterday's #AmperSand, in one of our old favourite haunts, Cockenzie.
Besides always making these below the high tide line, today I also include evidence of another main method I use for ensuring the work is ephemeral in nature: a helpful ChildBot!
Angel DeCora; binding, title page, and initials; Wigwam Stories; 1901–1909
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we pay tribute to Angel DeCora, the multitalented graphic artist whose lettering filled the pages of books like this one in the early 1900s. More: https://letterformarchive.org/news/angel-decoras-lettering-in-the-indians-book/
The Archive is located on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples. Consider a Yunakin land tax: https://www.ramaytush.org/donate.html
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #AngelDeCora #Lettering #BookDesign #Typography #HoChunk
Angel DeCora; binding, title page, and initials; Wigwam Stories; 1901–1909
On Indigenous Peoples’ Day, we pay tribute to Angel DeCora, the multitalented graphic artist whose lettering filled the pages of books like this one in the early 1900s. More: https://letterformarchive.org/news/angel-decoras-lettering-in-the-indians-book/
The Archive is located on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples. Consider a Yunakin land tax: https://www.ramaytush.org/donate.html
#IndigenousPeoplesDay #AngelDeCora #Lettering #BookDesign #Typography #HoChunk
I wasn't expecting this to go live so soon but here's a little project I'm collaborating on with Jay Smith. The aim is to reprint the Coast Manual of Lettering and Designs (1907).
The manual is one of the rarest sign painting books out there, and it was a series of lucky events that led to Jay having a copy in his possession: https://bl.ag/bookish-good-luck-at-mclellan-signs-in-nampa-idaho/#mclellan-signs-nampa-idaho.
I'll share more with mailing list subscribers soon, but please back it and boost 😊
I wasn't expecting this to go live so soon but here's a little project I'm collaborating on with Jay Smith. The aim is to reprint the Coast Manual of Lettering and Designs (1907).
The manual is one of the rarest sign painting books out there, and it was a series of lucky events that led to Jay having a copy in his possession: https://bl.ag/bookish-good-luck-at-mclellan-signs-in-nampa-idaho/#mclellan-signs-nampa-idaho.
I'll share more with mailing list subscribers soon, but please back it and boost 😊
Good news Friday... Kickstarter have classified the project to bring back the Coast Manual as a "project we love". (A good omen @glennf?) And it's 30% funded.
Find out more and back the book here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/coastmanual/the-coast-manual-of-lettering-and-designs?ref=dp310a
I wasn't expecting this to go live so soon but here's a little project I'm collaborating on with Jay Smith. The aim is to reprint the Coast Manual of Lettering and Designs (1907).
The manual is one of the rarest sign painting books out there, and it was a series of lucky events that led to Jay having a copy in his possession: https://bl.ag/bookish-good-luck-at-mclellan-signs-in-nampa-idaho/#mclellan-signs-nampa-idaho.
I'll share more with mailing list subscribers soon, but please back it and boost 😊
Hey, hi, hello!
mx here - geek, nerd, jack of many trades (master of none, obviously). Art and design, programming, hacking, reverse engineering, music.
Here mostly for the type and lettering, and to get first-hand fediverse experience.
Attached is a quick digital sketch to commemorate my overdue "some time lurker, first time poster" moment :)
#introduction #graphicdesign #typography #lettering #coding #programming #hacking #reverseengineering
After India and Belgium, we fly across the Atlantic for a look behind the scenes of the recent American Sign Museum expansion. 'Magic on Main Street' is the third BLAG Meet session (https://bl.ag/meet).
I got to see the new spaces last month, and the report is here: https://bl.ag/my-week-at-the-american-sign-museum/. Saturday's session will only scratch the surface, but will give you the opportunity to hear from those that brought the whole thing together.
