Events Lockdown Letterheads Lockdown Letterheads, online sign painting and lettering event, hosted by Better Letters, 6–7 June 2020.
Films When Better Letters Met Stan Wilkinson Biopic about signwriter and fairground artist Stan Wilkinson, known for his work at Carters Steam Fair.
History Football’s Awesome Tifos The story of the huge hand-painted banners created by football fans around the world, aka 'Tifos'.
Learning New Sign Painting Brushes of Note A.S. Handover's synthetic sable Series K chisel-edge writers, and the 'Snapper' quill from Mike Meyer.
People Men of Letters Tony Forster & Phill Grimshaw Work of Tony Forster ('The Herb Lubalin of England') and Phill Grimshaw celebrated in Bolton exhibition.
People Tracey Thorne’s Hand-Painted Jamaica Tracey Thorne introduces the Jamaican sign painting scene, and some of the sign painters working there.
Projects Chicago Style by Nike Frisso creates an alphabet, logotypes, showcards, and 'manifestos' for Nike's Chicago Style campaign.
Events Baptized By Beefcake at Poster House Bold, and sometimes terrifying, hand-painted African film posters at exhibitions in New York and London.
Projects Archie’s Artsy Alphabet, Now at Tate Artist and sign painter Archie Proudfoot designs art-inspired series of alphabet mugs for Tate Gallery.
Books Arcade Game Typography Toshi Omagari talks about the development of his Arcade Game Typography book, and the alphabets inside.
Books Eleanor Crow’s Brushes with London’s Shopfronts Eleanor Crow captures London's historic shopfronts in watercolour, and now they're published in a book.
Films Meet Josef Samuel, Vienna’s Last Signpainter Short biopic about Josef Samuel, fourth-generation Viennese sign painter, and his sign painting museum.
History The ‘Red List’ of Heritage Crafts Lettering and sign crafts, some viable, some 'endangered', according to the Heritage Crafts Association.
Events Letters out on the Tiles in London A chat with Hana Whaler and Jake Tyler about their work on Tactile and the Alphabetics Anonymous team.
Books A Love Letter to Amsterdam’s Curly Letter Book about Amsterdam's 'curly letter' is an informative and visually rich guide to the vernacular style.
People ‘Recovered Letters’ from Juan Nava Spanish graphic designer Juan Nava recreates lettering on old signs in his 'Letras Recuperadas' project.
Events Festival of Writing at the British Library British Library exhibition on writing, through the history and practise of 30 different writing systems.
Events Tokyo Letterheads: Now Bigger in Japan Review of Tokyo Letterheads, Asia's first international meet, hosted by Peter Liedberg, aka Letter Boy.
