Introduction to Ink Lettering

Overview

“I will tell you what a lettering is and how to make compositions by hand and enrich them with ink. These types of compositions are usually very attractive, due to their originality. I will explain in depth the differences of the basic styles of letters:

• Serifadas

• Dry stick

• Script

• Display

In this video lesson Marianna Rezk Timcke addresses the topic: What is lettering and what styles of letters can we use?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Ink Lettering. Know the significance of lettering by using different ink techniques and bring your works to a different level.

Partial transcription of the video

“What is lettering and what styles of letters can we use? As we saw in the previous lesson, we already know how the course will be, what structure are you going to have, what are we going to learn and what final project we are going to do. In this lesson, I'm going to show you what is lettering and I will show you what are the different typographic styles that you can use as inspiration and reference to be able to draw the letters correctly and give a unique style to each letter they use. There are three different ways to make letters. The typography is on the one hand, which is what we know...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Ink Lettering

• Level: Beginner
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• 881 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 16m)
• 12 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Hand Lettering, Ink Illustration, Lettering