Urban Lettering: From Drawing to Digital

Greetings from postcards

A course by LetterMafia , Creative Collective

Creative Collective. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joined July 2019
100% positive reviews (2)
144 students
Audio: Spanish
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About the video: Greetings from postcards

Overview

“To start, we will tell you what we will do throughout the course and we will show you the postcards that are the inspiration for the course project: the “Greetings from” postcards. We will also analyze the main characteristics that will be resources when creating your own postcard, such as structures, shapes, styles, elements and use of color. ”

In this video lesson LetterMafia addresses the topic: Greetings from postcards, which is part of the Domestika online course: Urban Lettering: From Drawing to Digital. Explore the basics of hand lettering and the possibilities of digital tools to create compositions inspired by your favorite places.

Partial transcription of the video

“Postcards "Greetings from" In this course you will learn how to make a typical postcard of "greetings from" or "greetings from". During this course you will go through a lot of decisions what are you going to have to take at the compositional level, at the form and style of letters, how all these effects that I can add they also add or subtract to a composition. In addition, it seems to us that this type of postcards they help a lot to tell and show in one place the place where you come from, to make a cut, maybe what do you want to show about that city, What do you like the most and to be ...”

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Course summary for: Urban Lettering: From Drawing to Digital

  • Level: Beginner
  • 100% positive reviews (2)
  • 144 students
  • 5 units
  • 17 lessons (2h 59m)
  • 11 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Areas

    Digital Design, Digital Lettering, Lettering

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LetterMafia is a group of designers specializing in lettering, calligraphy, and typography who take a collective approach to their projects, combining their skills to overcome challenges while exploring the rich versatility of letters. Since 2018, they've collaborated with major clients like Hermès, Spotify, Bodega Portillo, Persol, the Buenos Aires City Government, and Canal Encuentro.

In addition to working with letters, they've organized a variety of initiatives to foster learning and the exchange of knowledge: they held three workshops at the eighth Bienal de Tipografía Latinoamericana Tipos Latinos, participated in TRImarchi with an intensive lettering workshop, and hosted a comprehensive one called Letterbondi at Prints&Crafts. They also have their own podcast titled Familia Tipo.


  • 100% positive reviews (2)
  • 144 students
  • 17 lessons (2h 59m)
  • 25 additional resources (11 files)
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  • Audio: Spanish
  • Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
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Urban Lettering: From Drawing to Digital. Calligraphy, and Typography course by LetterMafia

Urban Lettering: From Drawing to Digital

A course by LetterMafia
Creative Collective. Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Joined July 2019
  • 100% positive reviews (2)
  • 144 students