About the video: Introduction to Lettering
Overview
“Lettering is the art of drawing and illustrating letterforms. It’s really important to understand the difference with calligraphy, which is the art of writing letters with tools such as a brush pen or nips. ”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Introduction to Lettering, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Lettering Specialization: Handcrafted Designs and Digital Innovation. Learn hand-painted sign creation by mastering lettering techniques, brush handling, and color application for unique signage.
Partial transcription of the video
“Introduction to Lettering In this lesson, I'm going to talk about lettering, the differences between lettering, calligraphy and typography, and the materials we're going to use. Lettering is the art of drawing pretty letter forms, and the main difference between lettering and calligraphy is that calligraphy is the art of actually writing those letter forms with tools such as a brush pen or nibs. We can do lettering with any tool you have available. It can be a pencil. It can be any kind of marker. It can be some paint on a wall, and it can also be the iPad, the computer, or any kind of digi...”
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Course summary for: Creative Lettering Specialization: Handcrafted Designs and Digital Innovation
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Category
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Areas
Calligraphy, Digital Lettering, Hand Lettering, Lettering, Typography

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