Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style

Different styles of letters 1

A course by Francis Chouquet , Lettering Artist and Typographer

Lettering Artist and Typographer. Neuwiller, France.
Joined July 2016
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1,611 students
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About the video: Different styles of letters 1

Overview

“Finally, I will take my finalized skeleton and develop several styles using this same base. This approach allows you to let your ideas and creativity express themselves and sometimes even to go towards avenues that you would not necessarily have thought of beforehand. I will start by working on an unstructured style, then an organic style.”

In this video lesson Francis Chouquet addresses the topic: Different styles of letters 1, 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

“Different styles of letters In this lesson, we will study the different styles from our skeleton. So here I finished my skeleton and I took the opportunity to add a small insert at the top right, as I wanted to do at the beginning, to get the name of the festival. It's a fictional festival, but I wanted to add "Brooklyn Piano Festival". I even put the date below. Here, I'm not going to use it as lettering. I'll try to do something a little contrasting. So by having a very pronounced lettering on the piano with perhaps a slightly more classic typeface and a little more typical at the level o...”

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Course summary for: Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (46)
  • 1611 students
  • 5 units
  • 20 lessons (3h 27m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Software

    Procreate
  • Areas

    Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Poster Design

Francis Chouquet

Francis Chouquet
A course by Francis Chouquet

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Lettering Artist and Typographer

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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Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Francis Chouquet

Retro American Lettering: Discover the Interlock Style

A course by Francis Chouquet
Lettering Artist and Typographer. Neuwiller, France.
Joined July 2016
  • 100% positive reviews (46)
  • 1,611 students