Lettering for Perfectionists

Course final project

A course by Martina Flor , Lettering Artist and Designer

Lettering Artist and Designer. Berlin, Germany.
Joined September 2014
98% positive reviews (182)
4,065 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the final project for: Lettering for Perfectionists

Lettering for perfectionists

“In this video I tell you what we did during the course and I invite you to participate in the forum. Remember that I will continue to be there to support you in whatever you need. Until now!”

Partial transcription of the video

“Congratulations, we made it this far. Now let's see a summary of what we did together this course. First we start by interpreting a "briefing" and look for those keywords that will help us make our design. Then we look for inspiration and references to start working in a certain direction. We started making the little sketches, do you remember? Where we define what our design is going to be like and in what direction we will work. Then we work on the large sketch, right? We work on details and define the structure. We saw some tips to prepare this sketch and send it to an art director. Late...”

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Course summary for: Lettering for Perfectionists

  • Level: Intermediate
  • 98% positive reviews (182)
  • 4065 students
  • 4 units
  • 12 lessons (2h 12m)
  • 5 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Software

    Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
  • Areas

    Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering

Martina Flor

Martina Flor
A course by Martina Flor

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Lettering Artist and Designer

Martina Flor combines her talents as a lettering designer and illustrator. Born in Buenos Aires, Martina has lived, studied, and worked in a number of cities throughout Europe including Berlin, where she founded a custom lettering and typography studio. Some of her international clients include The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, HarperCollins, Fontshop, Monotype, and Etsy.

Martina is cofounder of the well-known online “battle” project Lettering vs Calligraphy and founder of Letter Collections. She holds a master's degree in type design from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and she spends much of her time teaching lettering and type design in Europe and abroad.

Martina is the author of the book The Golden Secrets of Lettering, published in 2017 by Princeton Architectural Press in the United States and by Thames & Hudson in the United Kingdom (Original title: Lust auf Lettering, 2016 Verlag Hermann Schmidt), which has been translated into several languages.

When she isn't drawing letters, she travels the world presenting her work at conferences and universities. In 2016, she spoke at TEDx Río de la Plata before an audience of 10,000 spectators.


  • 98% positive reviews (182)
  • 4,065 students
  • 12 lessons (2h 12m)
  • 17 additional resources (5 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
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  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Intermediate
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Lettering for Perfectionists. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Martina Flor

Lettering for Perfectionists

A course by Martina Flor
Lettering Artist and Designer. Berlin, Germany.
Joined September 2014
  • 98% positive reviews (182)
  • 4,065 students