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Ian Smith<p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/silentsunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>silentsunday</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/craft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>craft</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/signwriter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signwriter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/boveytracey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boveytracey</span></a> <br>Short clip of Aaron Stephens demonstrating the craft of signwriting at the Bovey Tracey Craft event 2025.</p>
Sam at BLAG<p>This short film I'm making about veteran Hackney signwriter Brian Walker is very close to fully funded.</p><p>Please help to push it over the line by either by throwing some £$€ into the hat or boosting/reposting this to reach others that might want to support micro-budget independent filmmaking.</p><p><a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kickstarter.com/projects/samro</span><span class="invisible">berts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg</span></a></p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Boost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Boost</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Hackney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hackney</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>I'll also be delivering a short session during Saturday's BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 06 (<a href="https://bl.ag/meet" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/meet</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>).</p><p>This is'ot strictly connected to the latest issue of the magazine, but I'm using the free, online event to share details of my forthcoming Kickstarter that aims to raise funds to finish a short film I've been working on: When Better Letters Met Brian Walker.</p><p>You can pre-register for the Kickstarter now: <a href="https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/samroberts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">kickstarter.com/projects/samro</span><span class="invisible">berts/when-better-letters-met-brian-walker-a-short-biopic?ref=9wh6qg</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainters</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriters</span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@Travsletters" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Travsletters</span></a></span> Welcome! For getting started, I recommend following lots of people, and then unfollowing/muting to fine tune your 'feed'.</p><p>You can have a look at the people I follow for ideas: <a href="https://typo.social/@blag/following" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">typo.social/@blag/following</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>And also at the activity and members on typo.social <a href="https://typo.social/public/local" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">typo.social/public/local</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Hashtags are worth following, although so far <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> and <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> are pretty quiet!</p><p>For more general tips, follow/take a look at the <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> account and website: <a href="https://fedi.tips/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">fedi.tips/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Sam at BLAG<p>Following the recent influx of new folk across the fediverse — welcome! — here's a new <a href="https://typo.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>introduction</span></a> to me, Sam Roberts.</p><p>I am the editor and publisher of BLAG (Better Letters Magazine) at <a href="https://bl.ag" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, and part-time Ghostsigns blogger at <a href="https://ghostsigns.co.uk/blog" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ghostsigns.co.uk/blog</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>.</p><p>I'm a Londoner living in Sant Pere de Ribes, Catalonia, Spain, and here on Mastodon I tend to tag with <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a>, <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a>, <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lettering</span></a>, and <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Ghostsigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ghostsigns</span></a>, plus ocassional tangents.</p><p>Portrait: Yanina Shevchenko, 2024.</p>
Sam at BLAG<p>OK, follow-up <a href="https://typo.social/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/RSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSS</span></a> question: What are your favourite (active) feeds for topics such as <a href="https://typo.social/tags/SignPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SignPainting</span></a> / <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lettering</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Typography</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/GraphicDesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GraphicDesign</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/Ghostsigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ghostsigns</span></a>?</p><p>Mine is at <a href="https://bl.ag/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> or <a href="https://bl.ag/rss" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/rss</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>, and here are some others I already follow:</p><p>The Anvil by BLAG sub-editor Jenna Homen:<br><a href="https://jennahomen.substack.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">jennahomen.substack.com/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>Overall Murals:<br><a href="https://www.overallmurals.com/journal" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">overallmurals.com/journal</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@letterformarchive" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>letterformarchive</span></a></span> News:<br><a href="https://letterformarchive.org/news/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">letterformarchive.org/news/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@FontsInUse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>FontsInUse</span></a></span> Blog:<br><a href="https://feeds.feedburner.com/FontsInUse" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">feeds.feedburner.com/FontsInUs</span><span class="invisible">e</span></a></p><p>Continues...</p>
Edgar Walthert<p>It’s <a href="https://typo.social/tags/followfirday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>followfirday</span></a> again!<br>And there are new arrivals:</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@burrowlab" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>burrowlab</span></a></span> generative font tool<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@cjkurtz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>cjkurtz</span></a></span> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/HH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HH</span></a> Hanseat<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@Ilhamherry" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Ilhamherry</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@zinzolin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zinzolin</span></a></span> type foundry from Lyon<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@ammon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ammon</span></a></span> fram <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@ANRT" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ANRT</span></a></span> </p><p>And others to follow:<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@MauriceMeilleur" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MauriceMeilleur</span></a></span> (otherwise we might lose him to <a href="https://typo.social/tags/blsk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blsk</span></a> 😨 <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@Fountain" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Fountain</span></a></span> a <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@getkirby" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>getkirby</span></a></span> plugin 😃 <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ovan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ovan</span></a></span> welcome back 👋 <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.nl/@isoglosse" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>isoglosse</span></a></span> for your language needs 🔡 <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@blag" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>blag</span></a></span> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lettering</span></a><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@Luke" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>Luke</span></a></span> most active typo.socialist<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://typo.social/@MoritzBrouhaha" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>MoritzBrouhaha</span></a></span> we 🖤 icons<br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@kupfers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>kupfers</span></a></span> tains</p>
Sam at BLAG<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@garius" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>garius</span></a></span> I've written and published a few books about the craft and history of painted signs:<br><a href="https://ghostsigns.co.uk/publications/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">ghostsigns.co.uk/publications/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>These, and more, are in my online shop at <a href="https://shop.bl.ag" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">shop.bl.ag</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>More recently, I've been editing and publishing a magazine on the very same, with lots of free stuff online at <a href="https://bl.ag" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> . Mastodon folk get a special introductory offer on the print magazine subscription at <a href="https://bl.ag/md20" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">bl.ag/md20</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://typo.social/tags/signpainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signpainting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/signwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>signwriting</span></a> <a href="https://typo.social/tags/ghostsigns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ghostsigns</span></a></p>
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