Introduction to Script Lettering

Overview

“You will start by choosing your phrase of maximum 3 words, so you can focus on quality and not on quantity. We will start to see composition and explore several options of diagramming through containers. You will face problems like the collision of ascending with descending, spaced or optical adjustments and we will solve them in the forum.”

In this video lesson Ximena Jiménez addresses the topic: Composition, 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

“We already saw our entire calligraphic base and learned the entire alphabet. Now we are going to apply what we learned in the drawing of letters. Previously, we did everything in boxes of X and we never think about what the composition between words was and how they worked with each other when we start playing with different lines. For this, we will choose a sentence of three words maximum, minimum two. Thus we focus on quality and not quantity. I chose my phrase thinking of a shirt that I would like to design and that I think goes with the audience that I'm going to target. The first thing...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Script Lettering

• Level: Beginner
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• 7588 students
• 6 units
• 18 lessons (3h 11m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Hand Lettering, Lettering