Digital Lettering with Illustrator and Photoshop

Basic concepts for drawing letters

A course by Daniel Hosoya , Advertising Designer

Advertising Designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2015
98% positive reviews (105)
2,001 students
Audio: Spanish
Spanish · English · Portuguese

About the video: Basic concepts for drawing letters

Overview

“In this lesson we will learn the basic concepts that are required to draw letters: as the height, the optical adjustment, the modulation of the letters; among others.”

In this video lesson Daniel Hosoya addresses the topic: Basic concepts for drawing letters, 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

“[Functional music] Now that we have understood the difference between calligraphy, typography and lettering It's time for us to start drawing letters I will not go deeper into the subject There are many concepts But I will try the most indispensable and most important to get started I am going to draw A baseline Is This baseline It will allow us That our letters have the same address Then we will draw A second line We will call this line X height This line will determine us The maximum height of our letters Lowercase We will also have a line A third line That will determine the height Of ca...”

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Course summary for: Digital Lettering with Illustrator and Photoshop

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (105)
  • 2001 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

Daniel Hosoya

Daniel Hosoya
A course by Daniel Hosoya

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Advertising Designer

This Mexican advertising designer's true passion for letters is palpable in each and every one of his works. Throughout his more-than-ten-year professional career, he has worked as an art director for different agencies such as Wunderman, Lunave, IDologie, and GTB.

In addition, he has collaborated independently with brands such as Absolut Vodka, Johnnie Walker, Grupo Expansión, Grupo Modelo, and Palacio de Hierro, among others.


  • 98% positive reviews (105)
  • 2,001 students
  • 20 lessons (4h 36m)
  • 16 additional resources (9 files)
  • Online and at your own pace
  • Available on the app
  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese
  • Level: Beginner
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Digital Lettering with Illustrator and Photoshop. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Daniel Hosoya

Digital Lettering with Illustrator and Photoshop

A course by Daniel Hosoya
Advertising Designer. Mexico City, Mexico.
Joined April 2015
  • 98% positive reviews (105)
  • 2,001 students