Introduction to Custom Lettering

Course final project

A course by Cyla Costa , Lettering Artist, Designer, and Illustrator

Lettering Artist, Designer, and Illustrator. Curitiba, Brazil.
Joined February 2020
99% positive reviews (139)
2,562 students
Audio: Portuguese
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About the final project for: Introduction to Custom Lettering

Introduction to Custom Lettering

“Thank you so much for taking part in my lettering course! I hope you have learned a lot and been delighted with the world of letter design. And that from now on you will want to practice more and more everything you have learned and feel encouraged to continue forward. Look for the style that already exists in you, according to your history and your references. I share here some of the steps of my project for you to put yours and your ideas into practice! Magnified sketch

Vectorization and digital format with final finishes (texture, shadows, volumes)
Our evolution was great at each stage! I look forward to seeing your creative process :) Do the exercises, post your results and the process you went through to get to them. I will be available to review and comment on what I can. I just ask for a little patience if I don't answer next, as I have a busy routine with my jobs, but I will answer as soon as possible. Comment on the work of your colleagues too, it’s nice to have more opinions and it helps us to be more creative. So I'm here, happy to have shared some of my knowledge with you! I hope you learned a lot! A hug, good practice and see you next time! ”

Partial transcription of the video

“Final project Dear students, we have reached the end of our lettering course. I hope you have learned and enjoyed the world of letter design. Throughout this journey, I presented my work, my trajectory and some of my main references. We understand why the lettering is so special and unravel together some of the infinite possibilities to work with this universe. Our evolution was great at each stage. I hope you leave this course eager to practice more and more everything they have learned. And that they feel encouraged to move on, looking for a style that already exists in you according to t...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Custom Lettering

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (139)
  • 2562 students
  • 4 units
  • 19 lessons (3h 35m)
  • 12 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Areas

    Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering

Cyla Costa

Cyla Costa
A course by Cyla Costa

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Lettering Artist, Designer, and Illustrator

Cyla Costa graduated with a degree in graphic design from the UFPR and continued her studies in illustration, typography, and editorial design in Barcelona (EINA and Elisava) and New York (Cooper Union); she has over a decade of experience in lettering and founded her own creative studio.

Her work can be found in all kinds of advertising and publishing projects for a host of big-name companies including Google, Nestlé, Coca-Cola, Penguin Random House, Nissan and Kimberly-Clark. Cyla was also awarded certificates of Excellence in Typography by the Type Directors Club in 2016, 2017, and 2019.


  • 99% positive reviews (139)
  • 2,562 students
  • 19 lessons (3h 35m)
  • 24 additional resources (12 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Portuguese
  • Portuguese · Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish
  • Level: Beginner
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Introduction to Custom Lettering. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Cyla Costa

Introduction to Custom Lettering

A course by Cyla Costa
Lettering Artist, Designer, and Illustrator. Curitiba, Brazil.
Joined February 2020
  • 99% positive reviews (139)
  • 2,562 students