Monogram Design with Your Initials
Tips for Printing
A course by James Clough , Calligraphy Artist
About the video: Tips for Printing
Overview
“It's time to talk to you about colors, paper and card. There are several interesting technical possibilities for printing and I will show you their qualities with examples of business cards already made.”
In this video lesson James Clough addresses the topic: Tips for Printing, 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
“Tips for printing Here is my printed business card. I'm happy with the result. Perhaps it is not an absolute masterpiece of graphics, but that's the way it goes. 300 grams, printed on Fedrigoni Old Mill cardboard with a slight roughness to the touch that is pleasant. This is a topic that we will discuss more in depth in a moment. For a ticket like this, with a monogram and, in this case, little text, are four lines plus my name and surname, the important thing is to consider first of all that the monogram is the graphic element which obviously immediately catches the eye. The rest is even m...”
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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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