Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography
Analogous drawing and first letters
A course by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares , Graphic Designer and Typography Specialist
Joined October 2014
About the video: Analogous drawing and first letters
Overview
“After this long journey through theory and the understanding of basic aspects, it was finally time to start drawing your first letters. ”
In this video lesson Oscar Guerrero Cañizares addresses the topic: Analogous drawing and first letters, which is part of the Domestika online course: Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography. Learn the typographic revival method to give a new digital life to ancient fonts.
Partial transcription of the video
“Hello again, in this lesson we will talk about drawing techniques. You will see that everything in typography has very specific procedures that must be taken into account to reach a much better development within the typographic design. We will see three techniques, the most used today to design typography. I think that these three have to do with the mood or personality of the person who draws. The first is contour. It is important to have experience in typography design or in letter drawing, since what we will do is just draw the outline of the letter. It means that we must know what the ...”
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Course summary for: Digital Reinterpretation of Classic Typography
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Category
Calligraphy & Typography -
Areas
Digital Design, Typography, Typography Design

Oscar Guerrero Cañizares
A course by Oscar Guerrero Cañizares
Colombian graphic designer and specialist in graduate typography design from the University of Buenos Aires (Argentina). He is currently working as an independent designer in his studio Sumotype Foundry, where he develops typography projects and lettering .
He has participated as a jury for Colombia in the Bienal Tipos Latinos 2016 and has received recognitions such as the Steel Pencil Award in Colombia (2007 and 2014) and the Communication Arts Award 2016, as well as participating in the Latinamerican Biennial of Latin Types 2014 Typography and the Iberoamerican Design Biennial 2014.
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