History A Facinating Collection of Hungarian Sign Painting Photos, 1906–1976 Women feature prominently in these archival images of signs and sign painters at work in Hungary.
History What is Sign Painting? Or Even Signwriting? Getting under the skin of the fundamental term used to describe the trade and how it's interpreted.
Events The Fairground Painters with Amy Goodwin Dive into the Dingles Fairground Museum collection, and meet the artists that produced the work.
Events A Sign Painting Exhibition Par Excellence Review of an incredible exhibition—George Biles: King of Signwriters—held in Bridport, Dorset.
History 🎉 75 Today: Happy Birthday A.S. Handover! 🎉 Wishing all at A.S. Handover a happy 75th birthday, and giving thanks for their continued support.
Books ¡Ay, Caramba! It's Cartoon Time Collection of humourous cartoons with sign painting, lettering, type, and calligraphic themes.
History The Inn Signs Exhibition of 1936 The signs and sign painters that fired up the public's imagination in this one-of-a-kind exhibition.
People A Mystery Sign Painter from 1950s Cuba Photos of a Cuban sign painter and his work appear on eBay and make their way to Letterform Archive.
People Ye Olde Sign Shoppe: George Biles, King of Signwriters The diverse and prolific output of sign painter George Biles and his Bridport Signs Service Studios.
History After the Blitz: The Hand-Painted Signs of London Lost London Illustrated News feature with painted signs for buildings and businesses lost in the blitz.
Books Snapper: Keith Knecht Keith Knecht shares some of his tales of a travelling sign painter in John J. Hodgins' Snapper book.
Projects Bringing a Gilded Victorian Transom Window Back to Life Andy at AJ Signs in Dorset gives a new lease of life to a beautiful piece of Victorian glasswork.
People 60 Years On the Brush: The Barker Signs Story Maurie Barker founded Barker Signs in 1964, with his daughter Liane now keeping things hand-painted.
People Ye Olde Sign Shoppe: Gran Canaria’s Tomás Prieto Gálvez Adventures in life, family, and sign painting with Tomás Prieto Gálvez in the Canary Islands.
Books Peeling Back the Layers of Chrystel Crickx's Typographic Legacy Chrystel Crickx's novel contribution to lettering and type history is celebrated in a new book.
Books The American Folklore Legend of Slappy Hooper, Sign Painter The telling and retelling of 'Slappy Hooper, World’s Biggest, Fastest, and Bestest Sign Painter'.
Learning Why Lead Paint Makes Signs Last: A Toxic Legacy An account of the enduring (and highly toxic) legacy of lead paint on signs, and sign painters.
BLAG Bonus Material from BLAG 04 Bonus content from the adventures in sign painting in Issue 04 of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine).