Experimental Calligraphy: Explore Creating Letters with Handmade Tools

The forms of the Latin alphabet

A course by Gui Menga , Designer

Designer. Lisbon, Portugal.
Joined January 2022
61 students
Audio: Portuguese, English
Portuguese · Spanish · English · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch

About the video: The forms of the Latin alphabet

Overview

“The 3 forms of Latin letters, the styles and their fundamental characteristics for quality calligraphy.”

In this video lesson Gui Menga addresses the topic: The forms of the Latin alphabet, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Calligraphy: Explore Creating Letters with Handmade Tools. Unlock your creativity with this course on artistic calligraphy. Craft and use your own tools for unique aesthetics..

Partial transcription of the video

“Now we're going to see a little... About the letters themselves. As you saw, There are... At least two thousand years of history just from the Roman alphabet, Latin. Writing itself is over 5 thousand years old. started from drawings, that were becoming abstracted and becoming symbols, that still represented ideas or things, and became symbols that represent sounds. which is what we have today in the case of the Latin alphabet. But there's one thing, reading is a process... in our brain it happens in such an interesting way that Once you know how to read, It's impossible for you not to read ...”

This transcript is automatically generated, so it may contain mistakes.


Course summary for: Experimental Calligraphy: Explore Creating Letters with Handmade Tools

  • Level: Beginner
  • 61 students
  • 4 units
  • 18 lessons (3h 30m)
  • 6 downloads
  • Category

    Calligraphy & Typography
  • Areas

    Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering

Gui Menga

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Gui Menga é um designer especializado em lettering e caligrafia, com mais de 15 anos de experiência na área. Dedicado à arte das letras, sua trajetória profissional é marcada pela criação de soluções visuais que comunicam além do texto, conferindo personalidade e ritmo às palavras. Gui valoriza tanto o aprendizado técnico das técnicas caligráficas tradicionais quanto a experimentação autoral, o que se reflete em seu compromisso com a evolução contínua da arte escrita.

Ao longo de sua carreira, Gui Menga desenvolveu projetos pessoais que expandiram seu repertório e definiram sua assinatura artística. Realizou exposições individuais e trabalhou com marcas renomadas como Ambev, Tiffany and Co., Boticário e PagSeguro. Essas experiências enriqueceram sua visão sobre o valor da arte feita à mão. Apaixonado por história e pela diversidade cultural, busca inspiração em diferentes estilos e expressões artísticas. Seu processo criativo é intuitivo, baseado na experimentação, e guiado pela mistura de referências que encontra na música, no cinema e nas artes plásticas.


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  • 18 lessons (3h 30m)
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  • Audio: Portuguese, English
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Experimental Calligraphy: Explore Creating Letters with Handmade Tools. Calligraphy, and Typography course by Gui Menga

Experimental Calligraphy: Explore Creating Letters with Handmade Tools

A course by Gui Menga
Designer. Lisbon, Portugal.
Joined January 2022
  • 61 students