Lettering: Create Designs with Personality

Lettering principles 1

A course by Manuele Mancini estudio , Graphic Design Studio

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376 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Lettering principles 1

Overview

“Before you start drawing letters, you need to understand and study them in parts. In this first lesson you will see what lettering is and you will begin to study the first principle: inclination.”

In this video lesson Manuele Mancini estudio addresses the topic: Lettering principles 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Lettering: Create Designs with Personality. Discover the elements that give expressiveness to letters and let them speak for themselves.

Partial transcription of the video

“Principles of Lettering One We already told you about our work process. Now we must understand the composition of the letters to draw them. Observation and training the eye is important to be able to give a clear order to the hand when drawing them. First we need to understand the difference between calligraphy, lettering and typography. We can differentiate them by saying that the calligraphy is written, the lettering is drawn and the typography is typed. Calligraphy is leaving a gesture on a support such as paper, with a tool that can be a "brush" or flat feathers, flexible feathers or so...”

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Course summary for: Lettering: Create Designs with Personality

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (22)
376 students
4 units
22 lessons (4h 19m)
4 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
Branding & Identity, Design, Digital Lettering, Graphic Design, Lettering, Typography, Typography Design

Manuele Mancini estudio

A course by Manuele Mancini estudio

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Graphic Design Studio

In 2014, graphic designers Gianina Manuele and Gustavo Mancini formed the Manuele Mancini studio, which specializes in lettering, calligraphy, and illustration applied to branding and packaging. They are passionate about the stories that lie behind messages and seek to make each project design unique, always starting from a hand-drawn sketch.

Over the years, they have worked for a wide range of clients from all over the world, including international clients from Australia, Norway, Montenegro, Brazil, Ecuador, China, England, Canada, and the United States. Since 2016, they have also been teaching beginner and advanced lettering workshops in Mendoza, San Luis, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Ecuador.