Sam Roberts
Recent articles by Sam Roberts
Writing the city
Issue 90, Summer 2015
Signwriter Pete Hardwicke has left his mark on a significant area of London
Recent blog posts about Sam Roberts
Letters from Tokyo
20 May 2019
Typography, Visual culture
Sam Roberts reports from Tokyo Letterheads, an international ‘meet’ for letterers and sign painters
Last month’s Tokyo Letterheads event ended with an auction. One of the items (won by…
Hand-made in Cambodia
21 November 2012
Illustration, Typography, Visual culture
Painted signs enliven the streetscapes of Kratie, a sleepy provincial capital in North East Cambodia.
Cambodia is a country awash with hand-painted signs, writes Sam Roberts. They form an integral…