Casual alphabet with the word 'Carga Máxima' below painted in letters with flicked single serifs and spurs at the midpoints of the letters. The letter faces are white on the top with a band of yellow then orange below that. A blue drop shade is then applied against the black background.

One from the archive, ‘Carga Máxima and the Sign Painting Styles of Lima, Peru’, with my translation of an article about the evolution of regulatory signage into a vernacular Peruvian lettering style […]

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Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Escolazo

Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Jentuza

Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Nagual

Wide-format hand-painted panel lettered with the word Pusilamine

Can any Spanish speakers help with translating these four words from an Argentinian sign painter?

- escolazo

- jentuza (perhaps alternative spelling of gentuza?)

- nagual (perhaps alternative spelling of najual?)

- pusilamine (perhaps pusilánime spelled […]

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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 […]

Man posing in front of a brightly decorated van with a cartoon character on it advertising a sweet brand.

One of the things I try to do with BLAG is embrace the many and varied international manifestations of the sign painting craft.

There isn't a lot written on its history in Spain, and Nico Barrios has been filling the void through his Masters research.

He'll be […]

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