Introduction to Script Lettering

Overview

“I will show you the second group of signs in which we will see new curved and more extensive strokes. We will learn the basis of the ay and all the signs that unfold from it. ”

In this video lesson Ximena Jiménez addresses the topic: Open signs, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Script Lettering. Get started in italics with a brush pen and create a unique composition.

Partial transcription of the video

“All right, we saw the first signs in the previous lesson. Now we will pass to a second level of complexity and we will have to demand more our line. Let's see then our first descending sign and it will be the letter J. Here, for the first time, we are sharpening our stroke to the left side. We always make this transition, as in the letter I or the connectors. Now, this transition from thick to fine we will do for the other side. What we are going to do is push so that the tip makes less contact and there I go back and up, I'm not moving. And I do this only with my fingers. Again, a slow tra...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Script Lettering

• Level: Beginner
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• 7516 students
• 6 units
• 18 lessons (3h 11m)
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• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Hand Lettering, Lettering