Support Your Local Sign Painter
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Love sign painting? Get your limited edition "Support Your Local Sign Painter" t-shirt from the Sign Painters shop. The first 100 people who use the code "local" at checkout will receive 20% off the shirt.
Meeting Nº18: Letraset Love Letters
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Space is limited! RSVP today!
Holiday treat from 'Sign Painters'
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The 'Sign Painters' DVD is now officially available for pre–order! Packed with 30 minutes of bonus material and a beautiful letterpress design by the legendary Bob Behounek, the DVD’s will ship out in January 2015. Get your copy here!
Happy HoliDIY
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Please join us Wednesday, December 17 for our special holiday event. Proud to be partnering with Beau's for the evening's refreshments.
Space is limited - sign up today!
(Event poster lettering & illustration by Davin Risk)
Swash & Serif
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Please join us for the opening reception of the Swash & Serif group typography show! The fun starts tonight at 7:00pm at The Black Cat Gallery (2186 Dundas St. W.)
See you there!
Happy birthday to us!
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One year ago, Ligatures was born. Thanks to everyone who has made our first year awesome. We can wait to share what we've got planned for year two!
St. James Cemetery Type Walk
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RSVP for our special Halloween event here!
Web Type East
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In Montreal and interested in web type? Don't miss Web Type East, happening at Concordia University on Thursday, November 6.
More information on the Type Camp website.
Special offer from 'Sign Painters'
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Love the 'Sign Painters' film? Get your copy today at a special discounted rate of $7.99!
Available for purchase at signpaintersfilm.com.
Offer expires Friday, October 10.
Swash & Serif - Call for Submissions
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We're so excited to announce our first art show! In conjunction with the Toronto Design Directory, we've created Swash & Serif: A Group Typography Show. It will be held at The Black Cat on Dundas West, opening November 13.
We're looking for submissions now and we want to see all kinds of typography work, from print to 3D and installation and even motion and animation or video. We've seen the talent you guys have and now is your chance to show it off! The deadline for submissions is November 1st, and you can learn more about the show (and get the submission form) at swashandserif.ca.
Meeting Nº12: Ligatures Lectures Presents - Lettering and the Movie Poster
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We're one week away from our very first Ligatures Lecture on Lettering and the Movie Poster. We’ll be discussing the evolution of type throughout the decades along with beautiful examples of poster design. This will be a wonderful opportunity to celebrate both lettering and the film poster.
The lecture (as well as a show-and-tell) will be taking place on Wednesday, September 24th, from 7:30 pm to 9:30 pm at Shopify (80 Spadina Avenue, 4th Floor). Feel free to bring along your own work for a show-and-tell following the short presentation.
We're half full so if you're looking to RSVP, head to ligatures.ca to sign-up!
We look forward to seeing everyone!
Don Black Linecasting Road Trip
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As promised, here are the details regarding the Ligatures road trip to Don Black Linecasting in Scarborough.
Don Black has agreed to offer us a small tour of the facility, which will include: -showing how the Intertype and Ludlow casters work + a casting demo. -go over wood and metal type anatomy and other details. -show the different types of presses – maybe even set something up on the Canuck press and pull a proof of something to take home (set-up in advance).
Ligatures, along with the help of Tanya Roberts (Snap + Tumble letterpress), are currently looking for a group of 6 enthusiastic folks to join us on two evenings:
Friday, September 19, 6:30pm-7:30pm (AT CAPACITY)
Friday, September 26, 6:30pm-7:30pm (AT CAPACITY)
If you are interested in attending, please send us an email and we will help arrange transportation. If you have access to a vehicle, please include a note about this in your reply, and how many folks you would be able to drive. We will likely be commuting together from Kennedy station to Don Black, located at 120 Midwest Rd, Unit 5. We'll plan to meet connect at Kennedy around 6:00pm to be at Don Black's for 6:30pm.
Please reply with you interest no later than Friday, September 12. Space is limited – first come, first served.
See you soon!
UPDATE: Both dates are at capacity. Please email us to get on the wait list or to sign up for future excursions like this.
UPDATE: Second screening added to Toronto premiere of 'Sign Painters: The Movie'
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Due to popular demand, we have added a second free screening of Sign Painters: The Movie, and increased the seating capacity of both screenings.
The double screening will occur on the nights of Wednesday, August 20th & Thursday, August 21st from 7pm – 9pm at Swipe Design (401 Richmond Street West). The event is generously sponsored by Fair Goods, Swipe Design | Books + Objects & Typostrophe.
The original August 20th screening was announced on July 28th, and all seats were claimed less than 10 hours. This double screening will be a Toronto premiere, and local sign painters from the GTA will be in attendance to celebrate this special event.
This event will reach capacity quickly, and space is limited. If you contacted us to be put on the waiting list, this is your opportunity to get tickets. Unfortunately, we are unable to reserve tickets.
If you already have tickets to the first screening and are unable to attend, please let us know so we can release the seats for other folks who are interested.
To RSVP, please go to ligatures.ca.
More about the film in the previous email (below) and on the Sign Painters official website.
Thanks for making for helping create such amazing buzz for this event, and for continuing to spread the word to your friends. We can't wait to see you there!