Introduction to Sign Painting

Upright / Bold

A course by Miguel Reyes , Typographic designer and lyricist

Typographic designer and lyricist. New York, United States.
Joined March 2017
97% positive reviews (68)
1,851 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese

About the video: Upright / Bold

Overview

“The first model that we have learned has an inclination, but the Upright version, could be in roman typographical terms; that is, this variant has no inclination. It is important to know and practice this style, just like the Bold versions. How we saw it in the beginning, the brush works with pressure, if you use more pressure you can generate this style through thicker and heavier strokes. ”

In this video lesson Miguel Reyes addresses the topic: Upright / Bold, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Sign Painting. Learn the basic principles of signage with brushes.

Partial transcription of the video

“[Music] previously learned the basic model of the captions. Now let's see two variants of this model, the up-right model, and how to make bold letters. Recall that the basic model of the captions has an inclination, the main difference between the basic model and the up-right Basically it is given by the inclination. The up-rigth lack inclination, basically its verticals have ninety degrees, but the construction is identical, to the basic model of the captions. This pressure that we exert will determine the thickness of our strokes. Then from there is where we can generate different models....”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Sign Painting

  • Level: Beginner
  • 97% positive reviews (68)
  • 1851 students
  • 4 units
  • 13 lessons (2h 6m)
  • 7 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Areas

    Lettering

Miguel Reyes

Miguel Reyes
A course by Miguel Reyes

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Typographic designer and lyricist

Graphic designer training, Miguel Reyes his love for letters has led him to specialize in typographic design and lettering. Since 2013, he has been a typographical designer at the international typesetter Commercial Type and his work is published every day in newspapers such as 'El Universal', in Mexico, 'La Repubblica', in Italy and in all the newspapers of the McClatchy Group, U.S.


  • 97% positive reviews (68)
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  • 13 lessons (2h 6m)
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  • Audio: Spanish
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Introduction to Sign Painting. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Miguel Reyes

Introduction to Sign Painting

A course by Miguel Reyes
Typographic designer and lyricist. New York, United States.
Joined March 2017
  • 97% positive reviews (68)
  • 1,851 students