Speaking of octagonal wood typefaces with round counters:

The #masthead of Better Letters #Magazine @blag is based on Gothic Paneled as shown by Wm. H. Page & Co. in 1874. The letterforms were redrawn by Utile studio, who also designed the magazine using @kontour’s Utile and Dalton Maag’s Aktiv Grotesk. BLAG is “the world’s only print and online publication dedicated to #SignPainting”.

More: https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine #FontsInUse #typography #fonts #woodtype

BLAG Better Letters Magazine

BLAG (Better Letters Magazine) is “the world's only print and online publication dedicated to sign painting. BLAG exists to inspire and inform the international sign painting community by celebrating exciting work and sharing knowledge and resources”. The publication was init

Fonts in Use

On October 7 (this Saturday!), @blag will host a free online event titled “BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 03”: https://bl.ag/bm03.

Join and meet some of the contributors to BLAG 03 via talks, interviews, studio visits, and demonstrations – including @Keltroughton and our own @stewf, who will provide a glimpse into @letterformarchive’s Ross F. George collection.

#SignPainting #lettering

BLAG Meet: Inside Issue 03

Meet contributors from Issue 03 of BLAG across a series of talks, interviews, and demonstrations.

BLAG (Better Letters Magazine)