Urban Lettering: From Drawing to Digital
Optical adjustments
A course by LetterMafia , Creative Collective
About the video: Optical adjustments
Overview
“In this lesson you will polish shapes by redrawing or cutting and pasting letters that have been better defined than others. In this way you can advance quickly and effectively on your project. ”
In this video lesson LetterMafia addresses the topic: Optical adjustments, 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
“Optical adjustments In the previous lesson you already added serif and endings to your word, but there are still some things to adjust. The important thing about what we will do in this lesson is to look at everything carefully to make sure that all the decisions you made look consistent across all letters. I recommend that, if you have been working on this piece, Take a little distance maybe you can hang it in a window or on a wall so you have more perspective and you can see the errors, if any. Here I brought some of the sketches we made at the beginning, where different errors arose, and...”
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Course summary for: Urban Lettering: From Drawing to Digital
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Digital Design, Digital Lettering, Lettering
LetterMafia
A course by LetterMafia
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.
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- Level: Beginner
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