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I'm consolidating my accounts so please follow along with @blag (more active now) and/or @sam (likely to be more active in the future) for all things #ghostsigns #signpainting #signwriting #lettering and tangents.
July 21, 2025 at 5:53 AM
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These late nineteenth century posters have just been revealed during renovations at the Coach & Horses pub in Stoke Newington, but can anyone guess the missing words in the older signwritten letters beneath?

Glasses Only & Par____ _e_ ____ged n this Bar […]

[Original post on typo.social]
February 1, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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I'm fascinated by #signs and #signage (hence an entire Instagram account devoted thereto). I'm also fascinated by objects that just persist, perhaps despite time, perhaps just because of inertia and benign neglect. Or, maybe this ice machine, which I'm sure […]

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November 28, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Is there publishing language that describes the difference between books whose secondhand price increases once out of print, versus those whose price goes down relative to their original cover price?

Currently, Ghost Signs: A London Story is in the former category, with Amazon UK tracking at […]
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November 25, 2024 at 7:13 PM
In 2018, I was part of a little project to document surviving streetname plates for London's defunct N.E. postal district.

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/projects/nesigns/

My partner in crime for that initiative was Nick Perry, who passed away suddenly last month. I have updated the above page on […]
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November 25, 2024 at 7:02 PM
Some lovely ghost signs in Jenna Homen's latest despatch, and my ears are burning: https://jennahomen.substack.com/p/the-art-of-disappearing

#ghostsigns #signpainting #signwriting #roadtrip
November 19, 2024 at 8:20 PM
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Does anyone know if this article is available online: 'Classifying Signs' by Harry Leeson, Monotype Recorder, Issue 01, Summer 2014?

I have a hard copy, and regularly find myself referencing it, but don't have an easy way to share it with others.

For those interested, it compares and […]
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October 5, 2024 at 6:24 AM
Thank you to Londonist for featuring the map that @RoyReed and I have worked on to accompany our London ghost signs book: https://londonist.com/london/maps/london-ghost-signs-map

#ghostsigns #london #maps #mapping
October 4, 2024 at 12:18 PM
Dropping just in time for Halloween: a brand new category of ghost sign!

"Baby on store sign in Japan turns into horrifying ‘ghost’ after ink melts in extreme heat."

https://mustsharenews.com/baby-ghost-store-sign/

#ghostsigns #halloween #baby #japan
September 29, 2024 at 10:01 AM
I''ll be dusting off my winter tour guide persona for a Stoke Newington Ghostsigns Walk on Sunday 22 December. Please tell your friends/boost this post, and visit https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours where tickets and signed copies of our book are available 😊 […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
September 26, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Now you see me, now you don't: this London ghost sign was revealed for a matter of hours yesterday as a decorator carried out some external repairs on the building.

Thank you Nina Harrison for snapping the photo in this tiny window of opportunity.

I'm […]

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September 19, 2024 at 9:58 AM
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Last chance to see this 85 year old graffiti on the corner of Valencia and Cesar Chavez before it gets covered up again. This old graffiti and a hand-painted sign for Mission Chevrolet were recently uncovered during the construction of a new apartment […]

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September 19, 2024 at 12:26 AM
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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
September 8, 2024 at 2:10 PM
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New at bl.ag online, 'Signs of the Summer: Postcards from a Busman's Holiday', with some photos, links, and notes from my recent travels: https://bl.ag/signs-of-the-summer-postcards-from-a-busmans-holiday/.

#signpainting #ghostsigns #lettering #
September 5, 2024 at 1:33 PM
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New at bl.ag online, 'Two's Company in the Latest Culture+Typography Despatch': https://bl.ag/twos-company-in-the-latest-culture-typography-despatch/

In this guest post, Nikki Villagomez introduces her second book of found lettering, which examines the use of […]

[Original post on typo.social]
September 4, 2024 at 7:57 AM
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Can anyone recommend a PC-compatible Bluetooth pen and tablet? I need it for sharing text and diagrams on an interactive whiteboard, *not* for illustration/graphic design.

Boosts appreciated 😃

PS. A large working area is preferred—I have big writing and will sometimes need to include smaller […]
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September 1, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Lovely gilded glass shopfront revealed in Bristol for the one-time Parry Bros. tobacconist.

https://www.bristol247.com/news-and-features/news/new-ghost-sign-revealed-old-city/

#ghostsigns #shopfront #bristol #tobacco
September 1, 2024 at 9:10 AM
Has anyone seen one of these before? Someone bought it on ebay and has asked if there's a connection to the Peterkin ghost sign documented in our book, and here on my blog […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
August 31, 2024 at 2:30 PM
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I've just learned that Bryan Yonki's 'Hand-Painted in LA: Some Los Angeles Signs' has already gone out of print. I have a couple of copies left in the shop in case anyone wants one: https://shop.bl.ag/products/signs-of-la.

#signs #losangeles #la #handpainted #signpainting #lettering #book
August 29, 2024 at 11:30 AM
A fading fascia being revealed today at 110 Green Lanes, London N16: 'Perfection Fish Bar'.

#ghostsigns #shopfront #perfection #fish #GreenLanes #london #n16 #signs
August 28, 2024 at 3:32 PM
En route to London, and looking forward to this weekend's walk in Stoke Newington. I still have a couple of tickets for Saturday morning, so please join us and/or boost — 😃 — to let your friends and followers know.

https://ghostsigns.co.uk/tours

Pictured […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
August 20, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Little photo dump of signs in Mons-la-Trivalle, Hérault, France, near where I've been coming for holidays since around 1990.

#signs #ghostsigns #NoEntry #boules #Pétanque #laposte #mons #latrivalle #herault #france
August 19, 2024 at 6:35 AM
The lettering on this French ghost sign reminded me of this other garage sign on the @blag site: https://bl.ag/chain-letter-etiennerenard/.

Does anyone know what it's called and/or if it derives from a particular typeface?

Garage, Le Poujol-sur-Orb […]

[Original post on mastodon.social]
August 17, 2024 at 5:25 AM
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New at bl.ag online, 'Retrospectiva Recalls the Brands and Businesses of the Past'. Visit https://bl.ag/retrospectiva to learn more about this cultural initiative in Quinto, Spain.

#quinto #spain #murals #signs #advertising #signpainting #signpainters #retrospectiva
August 13, 2024 at 12:51 PM