Introduction to Script Lettering

Overview

“I will continue with my sample exercise and I will show you how to decorate your lettering. We will see structural ornamentation and we will know terms such as swash, frills and ligatures and their differences, as well as how to apply them correctly and in what situations they add or subtract to your piece. ”

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

“In the previous lesson, we saw composition and we started the lettering. Now we're going to see some ornamentation and how to decorate our piece, in case we want to. Let's see three examples of structural ornamentation. I speak of structural ornamentation because we have two types of possible decoration. One that would be layered, I mean making shadows, making 3D, making internal details. The second option is structural decoration, which is what we will see in this lesson and is better suited to italics. So we have three categories. Swash, ligatures and flourishes. Let's see what a swash is...”

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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)
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• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Hand Lettering, Lettering