Digital Lettering with Illustrator and Photoshop

Overview

“In this lesson we will learn the difference between lettering, calligraphy and typography; how is it that we can create each one, at what moment we use them and how can we differentiate them.”

In this video lesson Daniel Hosoya addresses the topic: What is lettering?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Lettering with Illustrator and Photoshop. Learn to create combinations by combining different lettering styles.

Partial transcription of the video

“[Music] In order to understand well what we are going to be designing, is important to know the difference between the three areas of the letter, that are calligraphy, typography and lettering. For that I bring you to bring some books with which I will be able to best exemplify the difference of each one. I'll start with this book which is from John Stevens, which is called "Write" and I'll start with the explanation of what calligraphy is. And, the calligraphy is any action we do when writing a letter. They can be very gestural as they appear here, but the calligraphy looks for their writi...”

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Course summary for: Digital Lettering with Illustrator and Photoshop

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (105)
• 1983 students
• 4 units
• 20 lessons (4h 36m)
• 9 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Software

  Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop

• Areas

  3D Lettering, Digital Design, Digital Lettering, Lettering