Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style
The basics of typography
A course by Francis Chouquet , Lettering Artist and Typographer
About the video: The basics of typography
Overview
“In this lesson, you'll learn the basics of typography. I will explain some notions of history that will allow you to understand how letters are created, what their different components are, how they work together, and how they are spaced to form words and a homogeneous reading.”
In this video lesson Francis Chouquet addresses the topic: The basics of typography, which is part of the Domestika online course: Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style. Create a unique poster with striking compositions by exploring hand lettering techniques in Procreate.
Partial transcription of the video
“The basics of typography In this course, we will see together the typographical bases necessary for the realization of our project. We will see how the letters are constructed and how we are going to use them to make a block seamless. First, let's see the difference between lettering, calligraphy and typography. Lettering is drawing letters, whereas calligraphy is writing letters. The difference is in the sense that, for lettering, we will draw our letters and that for calligraphy, it is the writing of the letter that will be the subject. For typography, it's different. We will have to draw...”
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Course summary for: Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Poster Design
Francis Chouquet
A course by Francis Chouquet
After a career in web design and evening classes in art school, Francis Chouquet finally started lettering, an art form he has been passionate about since he was young.
One meeting with artist Ken Barber and a few strokes of the pencil later, he found himself working for Adobe and Fontself, as well as surfing clubs, for whom he designed many logos and posters.
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