Hand-Lettering Techniques for Objects
What Is Lettering?
A course by Nanda Type , Lettering Artist
About the video: What Is Lettering?
Overview
“You will know the differences between lettering and other forms of representation of letters, such as calligraphy, typography, or sign painting. ”
In this video lesson Nanda Type addresses the topic: What Is Lettering?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hand-Lettering Techniques for Objects. Learn decorative hand-lettering techniques to give a range of objects an artistic and original touch .
Partial transcription of the video
“What is lettering? In this lesson we will learn the differences between lettering, calligraphy and typography. Calligraphy is a sequence of strokes with a certain tool, basically it is the written letter. Here I show you some examples of Hermann Zapf Rudolph Koch, Oriol Miro, Rachel Yallop, showing a more contemporary version of calligraphy. When I tell you that the calligraphy It has more to do with the process than with the result. I mean the use of this type of tools. There are many tools to do calligraphy, but here I show you the most basic, which are round-tipped and flat-tipped brushe...”
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Course summary for: Hand-Lettering Techniques for Objects
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography, Craft -
Areas
Arts & Crafts, DIY, Hand Lettering, Lettering

Nanda Type
A course by Nanda Type
Lina Fernanda Casallas, better known as Nanda Type, composes artisanal lettering pieces using hand-lettering, calligraphy, and painting. She has collaborated with brands including Dior, Armani, and Sephora, as well as on events such as the Goya Awards. More than anything, she loves the personal projects that allow her to truly express herself.
She believes strongly in the power of letters for storytelling, safeguarding thought, and challenging the status quo, using their shapes to transform the identity of all manner of objects and surfaces.
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