Experimental Calligraphy: Explore Creating Letters with Handmade Tools
The forms of the Latin alphabet
A course by Gui Menga , Designer
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 ...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Calligraphy: Explore Creating Letters with Handmade Tools
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Calligraphy, Hand Lettering, Lettering

Gui Menga
A course by Gui Menga
Gui Menga is a designer specializing in lettering and calligraphy, with over 15 years of experience in the field. Dedicated to the art of lettering, his professional career is marked by the creation of visual solutions that communicate beyond text, giv...
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