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Signpainters Don't Read Signs by Syl Ehr

Signpainters Don't Read Signs (1957) by Syl Ehr published as a digital download in seven parts.

Better Letters

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Portion of book cover with an illustration of a person painting the word 'SIGNS'.
Detail of cover art for Sign Painters Don't Read Signs (1957) by Syl Ehr.

Signpainters Don't Read Signs by Syl Ehr is an entertaining take on the sign game in 1957. The book is hard to come by these days, so I've digitised it for publication here in seven parts. I'll soon announce the results of my mission to get it back into print, so watch this space...

Syl Ehr and some of his expressive lettering from the pages of Signpainters Don't Read Signs.

Below you can download the full book in seven bitesize installments.