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Before the age of computers and vinyl printers, sign painters worked by hand to illustrate storefronts, billboards and banners. Sign Painters, a new book and documentary by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, captures the work of artists around the country who are keeping the art alive.

"Do what you can  with what you have  where you are."

blog is virtual online gallery of my collection of 1920s – 1970s graphic design original ephemera paper travel or graphic-design related

The Art of Hermann Zapf. A film on the purpose and techniques of calligraphy. (found 1/31/2011; posted 1/3/2012)

"The magazine could have used computer graphics, could even have rendered something digitally to appear hand-drawn, but instead they chose the real thing, and it made the whole production that much more engaging and memorable."

Ken Davis -It's Alive

A high degree of stylization The preponderance of lively colours The use of shading and highlighting to create the illusion of depth The preferred use of a Gothic font style or highly detailed letters The almost obsessive recurrence of symmetry The framing of each composition when it is finished The Efficient use of available space The symbolic conceptualization of many of the images represented (the horseshoe as a symbol of good luck, the dragon as a symbol of strength).

Damon Styer of New Bohemia Signs

The Sign Painter. Derek McDonald of Golden West Sign Arts in Berkeley, California keeps the art of traditional sign painting alive.

Proceed and Be Bold. An inside look at the world of sign painting through Josh Luke of Best Dressed Signs.

David A. Smith - Sign Artist