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    <title>Better Letters at Fonts In Use</title>
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    <description>Fonts in use in artwork from “Better Letters”</description>
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      <title><![CDATA[BLAG Better Letters Magazine]]></title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Contributed by <a href="/contributors/8757/kontour">Kontour</a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/177/176895/upto-700xauto/69b59232/Blag-cover.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photos © Sibylle Hagmann</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/96538/utile"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/renders/108/96538/400/4/66d8d214/utile.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/1297/aktiv-grotesk"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/12/11369/440/4/6419628c/aktiv-grotesk.png"/></a><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/142273/gothic-paneled"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/samples/11/10908/440/4/638748cb/gothic-paneled.png"/></a><br/><br/><p><em><a href="https://bl.ag/" target="_blank">BLAG</a></em> (Better Letters Magazine) is “the world's only print and online publication dedicated to sign painting. <em>BLAG</em> exists to inspire and inform the international sign painting community by celebrating exciting work and sharing knowledge and resources”. The publication was initiated by <a href="https://samroberts.co.uk/" target="_blank">Sam Roberts</a>.</p>

<p>The magazine is designed by <a href="https://utile.studio/" target="_blank">Utile studio</a>, who also created the masthead. It is inspired by the <strong><a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/142273/gothic-paneled" data-entity-code-id="142273" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Gothic Paneled</a> </strong>face, found in the 1874 publication <a href="https://archive.org/details/ldpd_10147342_000"><span><em>Specimens of chromatic wood type, borders, etc. manufactured by Wm. H. Page &amp; Co</em>.</span></a> The type was redrawn by hand, modified considerably, and then digitized for use as the masthead for the magazine.</p>

<p><a href="https://www.kontour.com/typeface/utile/" target="_blank"><strong>Utile</strong></a> is an elegant and subtly flared sans serif, suited for continuous smaller sized text and impactful display typography with superb legibility and optical balance in print and screen. The accompanying sans is<strong> <a target="_self" class="entity-link" href="https://fontsinuse.com/typefaces/1297/aktiv-grotesk" data-entity-code-id="1297" data-entity-code-type="TypeEntity">Aktiv Grotesk</a></strong>.</p><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/177/176161/upto-700xauto/69b59232/Blag-content.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photos © Sibylle Hagmann</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/177/176896/upto-700xauto/69b59232/Blag-bringingback.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photos © Sibylle Hagmann</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/177/176155/upto-700xauto/69b59232/Blag-panama.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photos © Sibylle Hagmann</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/177/176897/upto-700xauto/69b59232/Blag-onset.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">Photos © Sibylle Hagmann</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/177/176160/upto-700xauto/69b59232/Blag-Kafeel.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://bl.ag/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bl.ag</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">© Sam Roberts</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/177/176158/upto-700xauto/69b59232/Blag-helsinki.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://bl.ag/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bl.ag</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">© Sam Roberts</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine"><img src="https://assets.fontsinuse.com/static/use-media-items/177/176159/upto-700xauto/69b59232/Blag-inspiring.png"/></a><br/><br/><i><b>Source:&nbsp;<span class="fiu-attribution__sourceUrl"><a href="https://bl.ag/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">bl.ag</a></span>&nbsp;</b><span><span class="fiu-attribution__credits fiu-text--captioning">© Sam Roberts</span>. </span><span>License: <span class="fiu-attribution__license">All Rights Reserved</span><span>. </span></span></i><br/><br/>This post was originally published at <a href="https://fontsinuse.com/uses/50139/blag-better-letters-magazine">Fonts In Use</a><hr/>]]></description>
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