Notices by Sam at BLAG (blag@typo.social)

Ooh look, something cooking at @letterformarchive with yours truly and local San Francisco sign painters Michelle "Meng" Nguyen and @nbsigns.

https://letterformarchive.org/shop/a-sign-painterly-slice-through-letterform-archive/

Although the event is in-person, a recording will be made available afterwards for those outside of the bay area.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #LetterformArchive #SanFrancisco

@matratype I believe @elliotjaystocks does.

I use Ghost which I like a lot, but maybe more than you need if it's only for emails.

Lovely to see so many familiar faces from the Spanish sign painting scene in this extended feature on the Rayitas Azules blog (in Spanish): https://www.rayitasazules.com/rotulismo-entre-la-artesania-la-tradicion-y-la-vanguardia/

This will be my next translation project in my neverending quest to improve my Spanish.

Pictured is Michael Letters: https://www.instagram.com/michael_letters_/.

#SignPainting #SignPainters #Rotulismo #Rotulistas

@MediaActivist I don't, but did get a Ghost 'expert' to hardwire one in with some custom code and an icon I supplied: see https://bl.ag/.

This is definitely a feature @Ghost and @johnonolan should be looking into, especially given their wider embrace of all things fediverse/ActivityPub

Sumo Stew, Origami, Mount Fuji, and "sensitivity to the ephemeral" in this exposition of the history and graphic design of the humble chop stick sleeve.

By Angie Wang for @letterformarchive

https://letterformarchive.org/news/this-just-in-chopstick-sleeves-as-emissaries-of-japanese-typography-and-culture/

#Japan #GraphicDesign #Ephemera #ChopSticks

What EU countries have no/0% VAT on books?

And do you know any (small volume) fulfilment companies in any of these?

#AskFedi #EU #VAT #books

Happy world ampersand day to those that celebrate. I'd love to see more ampersands, especially hand-painted, by reply; boosts appreciated 😃

#Ampersand #SignPainting #lettering #type #typography

What are your favourite sign painting / lettering / calligraphy / typography cartoons? I'm working on a gallery of humourous examples for an online article, and keen to share as many as I can.

Pictured is 'At the Sign Shop' by Hana Sunny Whaler from BLAG 02: https://bl.ag/02.

Boosts appreciated 😃

#cartoons #comics #humour #humor #SignPainting #lettering #calligraphy #type #typography #boost

New at bl.ag online, 'Chain Letter: Marie Pressmar': https://bl.ag/pressmar

Lettering artist Marie Pressmar is inspired by graffiti, signs, and more in a photo of New York.

#graffiti #signs #NewYork

@mx Does that mean we can now opt in to full text search? (I'm on my mobile so will only see so when I'm back al desko later.)

@mx Thank you. I was checking periodically since I saw the news via the @feditips account, so am going to implement as soon as I can. Will be interesting to see what effect it has in terms of being found, and finding others.

@goatsarah Thank you, I've heard of frendica, but will now look into it more.

Is there a place in the #FediVerse where you can create a closed/private community with discussion boards/forums, etc?

I'm thinking of something that would have the functionality of things like Facebook groups, Circle, and Telegram groups.

It would be for members/subscribers to my magazine as a place to share and discuss various sign painting themes, a lot of which currently happens in Facebook groups.

cc @feditips