Monogram Design with Your Initials
Six Different Kinds of Monograms
A course by James Clough , Calligraphy Artist
About the video: Six Different Kinds of Monograms
Overview
“Here I will walk you through six categories of monograms with a few examples for each.”
In this video lesson James Clough addresses the topic: Six Different Kinds of Monograms, which is part of the Domestika online course: Monogram Design with Your Initials. Learn how to handcraft a monogram from a pencil sketch and apply it to a ready-to-print business card.
Partial transcription of the video
“Six different kinds of monograms In this lesson, I will introduce and discuss six different genres or categories of monograms with some examples for each. In all the examples that follow, I ask you to note how the letters in each case they are related to each other. There is a union, there is a perfect integration between the two letters. So let's start with the first category which I call meditated. MEDITATED It means that it is drawn slowly, probably initially with a pencil and there is thought, there is slowness, change of mind, tweaks, etc. Look at this example of Aldo Novarese's monogr...”
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Course summary for: Monogram Design with Your Initials
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe InDesign -
Areas
Branding & Identity, Calligraphy, Graphic Design, Logo Design
James Clough
A course by James Clough
James Clough is an English calligraphy artist who's been living and working in Milan for the past 50 years. After studying typographic design at the London College of Printing, he got his start in several publishing houses around London and Milan. In 1979, he made the leap to freelance life, specializing primarily in book cover design.
Throughout his career he has collaborated with numerous advertising agencies designing slogans, logos, and monograms. In 1991, he founded the Associazione Calligrafa Italiana (Italian Calligraphy Association) alongside a group of his peers. He currently teaches calligraphy, typography, and its history at the NABA University in Milan and writes about calligraphy and graphic arts for both Italian and international publications.
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