Tools, tips, and resources for sign painting and lettering

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Tools, tips, resources, and learning opportunities for sign painters and lettering artists.

Approaches to pricing sign painting work and a simple online calculator to develop a basic hourly rate for use when quoting jobs.

Mark Oatis' account of the processes and techniques used to paint a faux-aged mural sign in Denver.

Martina Flor's free Letter Hunters course will sharpen your typographic eye and improve your lettering.

Type designer Fernando Mello shares the story of his Touriga Casual alphabet and free practise posters.

A.S. Handover's synthetic sable Series K chisel-edge writers, and the 'Snapper' quill from Mike Meyer.

Type Tasting's Sarah Hyndman on the recurring role of signwriting in the development of typefaces.

Letterform Archive's free, searchable online collection that includes a wealth of lettering inspiration.

Noel B. Weber shares his sign painting and Letterheads story inside the 'Sign Painters Sketch Book'.

The alphabets and lettering effects that you'll learn on a four-day Mike Meyer sign painting workshop.

The Mack & Meyer Mop, a synthetic chisel sign painting brush manufactured by Mack Brush for Mike Meyer.

Better Letters' glow-in-the-dark painted alphabet inside a peep show cabinet for London Design Festival.