People painting lettering and signage directly onto large windows. To the left is someone working on a large newspaper masthead, while to the left they are painting "Amsterdam Letterheads".

I am helping the organisers of this year's Amsterdam Letterheads: “Sea Level” with their email updates.

If you'd like to receive these, then the dedicated event newsletter/mailing list can be joined via this link?

https://bl.ag/#/portal/account/newsletters […]

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Sign board with text saying "The Experts" underlined by a picture of a rose and with a large butterfly to the right.

New at bl.ag online, ‘Signs of the Times: The Letterheads in 1981’, in which I tracked down and republished the first ever piece of press for the sign painting movement, exactly 45 years after it appeared in Signs of the Times magazine […]

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Event flyer titled "BLAG Meet" and with a photo of a person painting a flamboyant letter G in a fairground style. The other text details are "Inside Issue 08 of BLAG. 25 April 2026. Free / Donation. Sign up at: bl.ag/meet".

It’s just over six months until Amsterdam Letterheads 28–30 August so I recommend checking out my report from the last one (bl.ag/letterheads-2016-greetin... in case you want to get involved.

In the meantime, I'm hosting my regular online […]

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Holiday viewing for you all: Luscious Layouts with Mark Oatis, his talk at this year's Letterheads 50.

https://youtu.be/T0u6atmCGYQ

#Lettering #Layout #GraphicDesign #Letterheads #LH50

For Turkish readers interested in learning more about Burds of the Brush, here's Nil Muge's write-up of the Berlin event in September:

medium.com/tipografi/burds-of-the-b...

#SignPainting #Letterheads

Add continuity throughout your #smallbusiness communications. Come and have a chat about #letterheads, #complimentslips and more 😊 #Cafe #Restaurant #SBS #SBSwinner #OneStockport #Stockport aquadesigngroup.co.uk

Tokyo Letterheads: Now Bigger in Japan Review of Tokyo Letterheads, the first international meet in Asia.

Throwback to 2019 when I wrote up my trip to Tokyo Letterheads for Eye Magazine: www.eyemagazine.com/blog/post/letters-from-t...

More at bl.ag online here: https://bl.ag/tokyo-letterheads-now-bigger-in-japan/

#Letterheads #IOAFS #SignPainting #Tokyo

Some recent hand painted signs for various clients and projects.

Get in touch if you need a sign or mural for your business or home!

#signwriter #signwriting #alwayshandpaint #bristol #bristolartist #conricosteez #aboard #barbershop #fasciasign #letterhead #letterheads #handpaintedletters

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Man sat at a table smiling with an illuminated sign with flashing arrow of bulbs and 'Sorry No Vacancy' in neon behind. On the table is an array of magazines, each with a masthead that reads 'BLAG'.

Blagging it for Letterheads 50 at the American Sign Museum last month.

A full report from this historic event should follow this week, but in the meantime, thank you Yao Yao for this photo of me at my booth.

PS. BLAG back issues here: https://bl.ag/backissues […]

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Sign Heaven in Cincinnati: Letterheads Turns 50 Letterheads 50 hosted in the American Sign Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. We were lucky enough to make it to this year’s Letterheads gathering in Cincinnati, Ohio, from June 20th–22nd, and wow, what a weekend! This one was extra special, marking 50 years of Letterheads meet ups and it brought together over 450 sign painting fans from all over the world for three days of demos, murals, chats and general sign-nerdery. The event was hosted at the _American Sign Museum_ , which I’ve been dying to visit for years after seeing photos online. So when I found out Letterheads 50 was happening there, I booked my ticket right away and it did not disappoint. Someone described it as “Disneyland for sign painters,” and honestly, they nailed it. The museum’s packed with beautiful old signs dating all the way back to the 1800s, neon, metal, distressed murals, gold leaf on glass, hand-painted posters, all kinds of styles. I was in total sign heaven! Letterheads has been going since 1975, it started as a way to keep traditional signwriting alive and it’s grown into this amazing international community where people come together to share their love of letters, swap tips and learn from one another. I’ve been to a couple of previous ones in Amsterdam and London, but this anniversary edition was something else. The weekend was full of demos, talks and hands-on sessions. There were experts showing techniques in everything from casual script and gold leaf to pinstriping and distressed finishes. There was no rigid schedule or pre-registration, we could float between sessions freely, which worked out brilliantly. I managed to see a bit of John Cox and Gary Godby’s distressed sign demo, then popped over to Mark Oatis’s talk on luscious layouts. So good! One of the highlights was the four murals being painted inside the museum’s event space over the weekend, recreations of beautiful vintage ads. I got to jump in on one of them, painting alongside my husband Charlie and an amazing crew from Quebec, the US and the UK. It was such a great buzz working together on the mural, chatting about the kinds of projects we each work on and how things are done in our different corners of the world. We stayed on in Cincinnati for five days in total and what a brilliant city. It’s actually got the most public murals per capita in the States and you can really feel it when you walk around. There’s a local organisation called ArtWorks that’s behind loads of the murals, the whole city feels like an open-air gallery. All in all, Letterheads 50 was an absolute treat, inspiring, energising and a real joy to be part of such a warm and talented community. We’re already looking forward to the next one!

My report is in the works, but here's a great write-up of what went down at Letterheads 50 from Vanessa Power:

https://www.signsofpower.com/blog/letterheads-50

#SignPainting #Letterheads #Murals #IOAFS

Add continuity throughout your #smallbusiness communications. Come and have a chat about #letterheads, #complimentslips and more 😊 #smallbusinessowner #SBS #SBSwinner #Stockport #Leeds aquadesigngroup.co.uk

Man pointing at something out of the frame while holding a hand-painted signs that says "Rotulos".

New at bl.ag online, 'Letterheads Per L'Horta: An Intimate International Meet', with my review of Spain's second such gathering of sign painters, calligraphers, lettering artists, and graphic designers […]

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A series of fake letterheads on textured paper of different tints that mimic a somewhat Victorian style using an all-caps square layered typeface consisting in a sans-serif with small sharp serifs added to its outline and a subtle drop-shadow. The text reads: From the desk of ARCHIBALD B. CAULIFLOWER – esq. FONTSTRUCT INC. – Purveyor of fine typography STATIONERY GOTHIC MARMEE MARCH & DTRS. Windmill eradication services – DON QUIXOTE & Co. – La Mancha and surroundings

I had much fun coming up with ways to showcase this kind of “Bank Gothic cosplaying as Copperplate Gothic” font.
#fontstruct #letterheads #divertissement

Inked lettering composition that reads "Are we all nuts?" and which is embellished with an abundance of scroll and other decorative work.

Noel B. Weber is one of the original Letterheads (https://bl.ag/letterheads and every now and then he'll just add an unsolicited attachment to an email he sends.

Like this one that came through this week, to which the answer is most likely 'yes'.

For more […]

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Man leaning over a table and smiling as he looks at a freshly printed sheet of colourful pages from a magazine about sign painting.

Having a fun day on press with BLAG 07, the Letterheads special: https://bl.ag/07

It never ceases to feel like magic when those digital files turn into the real thing on paper. This time there's 60% more if it than usual, and I am loving every fresh sheet that […]

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I'm en route to Valencia for Spain's second ever Letterheads event, and our host, Nico Barrios, got some press for it today 🙏🏽

www.levante-emv.com/sociedad/2025/05/01/vale...

#SignPainting #Rotulismo #Rotulistas […]

👾👾L'esdeveniment al voltant de la tipografia #Letterheads arriba al Almàssera, les Jornades d’Il·lustració li reten homenatge al col·lectiu d’artistes urbans XLF i #ValvaneraReviscola proposa activitats al voltant de la ciutat, la comunitat, l’habitatge au-agenda.com/proposta/

Add continuity throughout your #smallbusiness communications. Come and have a chat about #letterheads, #complimentslips and more 😊 #Accountants #SBS #SBSwinner #Stockport #Leeds aquadesigngroup.co.uk

Woman posing in front of a brick wall with her foot resting on a black metal box with the word signs painted simply on its sid in a block letter with a fade from red to white from bottom to top. The wall behind her has a scaffold in front of it, and on it is painted a trompe l'oeil of the foot of a ladder that has it apparent dimensionality enhanced by the casting of a 'shadow' on the wall.

I thought I'd have some stuff to edit out of my conversation with sign painter, designer, and all-round Letterhead Elaine Wallis, but there wasn't, and so her session runs to just over 50 minutes, versus the advertised 45, at today's BLAG Meet: https://bl.ag/meet […]

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Painted and gilded panel with a cowboy pictured saying "Welcome Back To" above the main lettering that reads "El Dorado".

New at bl.ag online, 'A Golden Opportunity to Learn at the Return to El Dorado', with news of Ghi Sign Service resuming its gilding-themed Letterheads meets:

bl.ag/a-golden-opportunity-to-...

#SignPainting #Gilding #Letterheads #ElDorado

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That's BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07 despatched to the designers; next stop layouts!

This Letterheads special has taken the pagination up to 128, which could be a failure on my part as editor, or a slight to the movement's fifty years of history, depending on how you frame it.

Either way, it's […]

Stationery letterhead for The Stevens — The World’s Greatest Hotel — Chicago, 1930s (now Hilton Chicago)

#paper #stationery #letterheads #vintage #antiques #hotels #chicago

Remember that time I painted that lovely sign having zero experience in this iconic Argentinian #fileteadoporteño style? 🍋🍋🍋 🤩👌*whistles*

#signpainting #lettering #handlettering #typography #handpainted #letterheads #argentina #yyc #yycartist #yycarts #abarts #betterletters

Hand-painted panel with the letters IOAFS in the Flieteado Porteño style. These are framed with an ornate border that features acanthus leaves.

For BLAG 07 (https://bl.ag/07 I invited sign painters around the world to translate 'the Letterheads motto' into their language, and paint a panel of this, or its acronym.

25 languages are already in, with at least another 8–9 in the pipeline; mind blown!

PS […]

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Event flyer for Letterheads per l’Horta.

Letterheads Valencia is go!

1–4 May

More information (Spanish and tEnglish) and Tickets at:

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfbw8D4...

If you're Letterheads curious, then have a browse of […]

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I got interviewed for a podcast, and you can listen from about 22 minutes here: https://monocle.com/radio/shows/the-stack/653/

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 […]

Lettering and pictorial-based graphic showing a paint brush resting on top of a tin with dripping blue paint, and the wording "Keepers of our Craft, Letterheads 50, 1975–2025".

Tickets for Letterheads 50 at the American Sign Museum, 20–22 June, go on sale today, Sunday, 2 February, at 09:00 EST. Full details here: https://letterheads50.com/

Letterheads 50 artwork by David Butler.

#SignPainting #Lettering #Letterheads #IOAFS

Boys by Crow & Kamel.
Oldie but Goldie.

Crow.139 (ID|SBB|TDS|WCDIB|GBF|LH)
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#stylewriting #graffitiart #superbadboys #id #tds #wcdib #letterheads #gbf