Calligraphy and Lettering for Restless Hands
A course by Victor KamsDesigner, Calligraphy Artist, and Lyricist
A course by Victor Kams, Designer, Calligraphy Artist, and Lyricist
Create lettering using your calligraphy for a printing project
Learn calligraphy with a graphic artist. Cross over to the world of lettering, typography, and graffiti and develop the superpowers that will change your work from the moment you click on the first lesson of this course.
Delve into the process of drawing and vectorizing a piece of lettering from a calligraphic sketch that you make with an automatic broad pen. Learn to use this tool with some basic chancellery calligraphy exercises and clean and shape the forms of your design through tracing. Finally, take it to the digital plane, where you vectorize and export it for the final project.
What will you learn in this online course?
15 lessons & 14 downloads
Tools
15 minutes, 50 seconds
Initial exercises
8 minutes, 26 seconds
Italic italic basic alphabet (Cancilleresca)
20 minutes, 35 seconds
Capital letters
10 minutes, 21 seconds
Ligatures
8 minutes, 41 seconds
Initial sketch
14 minutes, 30 seconds
What's included in this course?
The units of this course provide you with knowledge of calligraphy (written letters), lettering (drawn letters), and design digitalization with vector software such as Illustrator. Learn how to export your finished work for digital printing, stamping, or screen-printing purposes.
Recommended software & tools for this course
What is this course's project?
The final project is to design a piece of lettering for an artist of your choice. It can be a designer that inspires you, a graphic artist, or an artist from any other discipline. It can even be for yourself—you can take advantage of the project to design your own logo or personal image. The idea is that your design be used for screen printing or printing on t-shirts or posters or other supports.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
The course is aimed at anyone interested in typography; students of graphic design, calligraphy, and/or lettering; and graphic designers who want to expand their knowledge in the field of custom fonts. In general, it is for anyone with a basic understanding of design and an interest in letters.
Requirements and materials
You need a pencil, paper, and a broad pen; a computer with vector software; and a basic understanding of how to use the program.
Reviews
- 8 months ago
Para iniciantes é bem interessante.
- 8 months ago
buen curso de introducción es muy creativo
- 9 months ago
Un corso molto creativo, consigliato
- 1 year ago
I haven't finished yet but , this is a great course
- 1 year ago
wish it was in English but he's very talented
Content
- U1
Presentation
- Welcome
- References
- Tools
- U2
Calligraphy
- Initial exercises
- Italic italic basic alphabet (Cancilleresca)
- Capital letters
- Ligatures
- Initial sketch
- U3
Lettering
- Tracing
- Cleaning and retouching
- U4
Vector
- Scanner and import
- Vectorizing I
- Vectorizing II
- Vectorizing III
- We export and ready
- FP
Final project
- Calligraphy and lettering for restless hands
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FAQs
You’ll learn traditional calligraphy techniques, sketching, tracing, vectorizing, and lettering design applied to projects like logos, t-shirts, and screen printing — blending manual and digital methods to craft original typographic compositions.
This course is aimed at those with basic knowledge of calligraphy or design, as it’s intermediate level. Prior drawing experience or an interest in type design is recommended.
You’ll need calligraphy pens, suitable paper, ink, pencils, tracing paper, a lightbox (optional), and access to a computer with vector editing software like Adobe Illustrator.
Calligraphy is the art of hand-writing letters using traditional techniques, while lettering is about drawing letters, allowing for more creative freedom and custom compositions.
Yes, the course teaches how to digitize and vectorize hand-drawn sketches using specialized software, enabling you to create scalable, editable designs for various uses.
Yes, you’ll learn how to prepare and adapt your lettering designs for printing on t-shirts and screen printing, adjusting formats, colors, and technical details.
You’ll practice styles like expressive italic, Gothic letters, ornate capitals, flourishes in English calligraphy, and graffiti hand styles, exploring different creative approaches.