![Screenshot of a Facebook post by Rob Cooper:
"I have been making alphabets for Sam Roberts over at BLAG Magazine (https://bl.ag/join) since the first issue in 2022. It is a fantastic magazine, showing examples of hand-painted signs from all around the world, many of which are almost lost to time. From the beginning I wanted to make these 'workhorse' alphabets, that I use daily, in fact now I sometimes use these to trace letters when working on a design, and I encourage anyone else to do the same! Cheers Sam [smiling sunglasses emoji and high five emoji]"
Below this is a photo showing the cover of a magazine called BLAG with someone painting a flamboyant piece of lettering under the masthead. Another photo shows seven magazines opened to their centre spreads, each of which has a different alphabet on a different coloured background. There are then two photos of these alphabet spreads individually with +5 overlaid onto one of these to indicate that there are more photos in the gallery.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svofu73douduxwigjewxqdvo/bafkreiedejyflwubxkfemstw44mjxlyeim2v3exjuwqopjeab5tyoeb62q)
Screenshot of a Facebook post by Rob Cooper: "I have been making alphabets for Sam Roberts over at BLAG Magazine (https://bl.ag/join) since the first issue in 2022. It is a fantastic magazine, showing examples of hand-painted signs from all around the world, many of which are almost lost to time. From the beginning I wanted to make these 'workhorse' alphabets, that I use daily, in fact now I sometimes use these to trace letters when working on a design, and I encourage anyone else to do the same! Cheers Sam [smiling sunglasses emoji and high five emoji]" Below this is a photo showing the cover of a magazine called BLAG with someone painting a flamboyant piece of lettering under the masthead. Another photo shows seven magazines opened to their centre spreads, each of which has a different alphabet on a different coloured background. There are then two photos of these alphabet spreads individually with +5 overlaid onto one of these to indicate that there are more photos in the gallery.
Rob Cooper posted this to Facebook and I've never seen the collection in this way, despite being involved in getting each individual one printed.
I think we'll get a few more under our belt and then do some kind of standalone publication/special insert.
PS. The […]
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![Presentation slide split broadly into three vertical strips. The left-most of these shows a mobile phone view of a blog titled BLAG with three articles about sign painting featured with their headlines and hero images. The middle is a gallery of hand-painted signs in different styles, while the right is a graphic inspired by these saying "Election Day [set inside a yellow arrow pointing at] Nov. 4 [inside a red starburst] Vote Early, Oct 25 – Nov 2 [small lettering framed in a vertical rectangle]".](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:svofu73douduxwigjewxqdvo/bafkreicord6gcoq5hhmnob6x6snt6refd2qr6zbvas5bj3552oinbsk2f4)
