Introduction to Script Lettering

Overview

“We will see concepts such as endings, auctions and how to systematize your piece so that each sign is understood as part of it. I will teach you different techniques to adjust your lettering and you will make the last decisions in order to improve its quality. Finally we will see how to give our piece its own character and it will be ready to be digitized.”

In this video lesson Ximena Jiménez addresses the topic: Adjustments and refinement, 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 how to apply ligatures, flourishes, swashes and quite ornate our piece to try another option. Finally, after all these stages of exploration, that are always necessary to be able to reach a good product or a piece of the best quality we can, I have these two final options. This is much simpler with this ligature that I will continue to test and when I give him weights I will make a final decision. And we have this other option much more ornate with more organic strokes, more delicate. It's here when I have to make a decision, and I'm going to make it based on t...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Script Lettering

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (277)
• 7588 students
• 6 units
• 18 lessons (3h 11m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Hand Lettering, Lettering