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The Golden Secrets of Lettering

Techniques for drawing letter shapes in a vector program 2

A course by Martina Flor , Lettering Artist

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19,576 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Techniques for drawing letter shapes in a vector program 2

Overview

“This is the second part.”

In this video lesson Martina Flor addresses the topic: Techniques for drawing letter shapes in a vector program 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: The Golden Secrets of Lettering. Design lettering for a personalized postcard from start to finish.

Partial transcription of the video

“TECHNIQUES FOR DRAWING LETTER SHAPES IN A VECTOR PROGRAM After seeing the extreme points technique to draw letter shapes, let's start with our first vectorization of our lettering. I generally work with a tablet, ordinary, nothing exotic. It's just comfortable for me work with a tool you can grip like a pencil. But you can work with your trackpad, with your mouse, whatever is most comfortable for you. We will start with the first vectorization. We have already seen an effective or appropriate technique to draw letters in vectors. Now what we will do is start digitizing our lettering. I have...”

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Course summary for: The Golden Secrets of Lettering

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (1003)
19576 students
5 units
14 lessons (2h 0m)
10 downloads

Category
Calligraphy & Typography
Software
Adobe Illustrator
Areas
Hand Lettering, Lettering

Martina Flor

A course by Martina Flor

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Lettering Artist

Buenos Aires-born Martina Flor has been based in Berlin for several years, where she runs a custom lettering and typography studio working internationally for clients such as The Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Harper Collins, Fontshop, Monotype, and Etsy, among others.

Martina is cofounder of the popular online battle "Lettering vs Calligraphy" and founder of "Letter Collections." When she's not drawing letters, she travels to present her work at conferences and universities. She is the author of the book The Golden Secrets of Lettering, originally published in German and later translated into English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, and Japanese.

She also teaches the Domestika lettering courses The Golden Secrets of Lettering and Lettering for Perfectionists, as well as Freelance: Keys and Tools to Find Success as Your Own Boss , in which she reveals the secrets to the self-employed essentials.