Introduction to Custom Lettering

Bonus lesson: Alternative checkout

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

Lettering Artist, Designer, and Illustrator. Curitiba, Brazil.
Joined February 2020
99% positive reviews (140)
2,585 students
Audio: Portuguese
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About the video: Bonus lesson: Alternative checkout

Overview

“In this bonus lesson, you will see another way to finish your lettering. The idea is to offer a faster and simpler way that could facilitate your work at any time. Follow us!”

In this video lesson Cyla Costa addresses the topic: Bonus lesson: Alternative checkout, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Custom Lettering. Learn how to create expressive letters in your own signature style by combining manual and digital techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“Alternative termination I'll show you quickly, just as an extra feature, how to end the lettering in an alternative way to the vector. We saw that the vector is laborious, but it is incredible, because it allows for very fine control of curves, besides being resizable, very editable. But sometimes, we want to do something faster. So I’m going to show you a quicker way to finish. And less thin, it will be a more coarse way of working, but it can sometimes work, depending on the purpose of the lettering. We are in Photoshop, here we find tutorials. But I will show you basic things. I opened m...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Custom Lettering

  • Level: Beginner
  • 99% positive reviews (140)
  • 2585 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 (140)
  • 2,585 students
  • 19 lessons (3h 35m)
  • 24 additional resources (12 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Portuguese
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
  • 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 (140)
  • 2,585 students