Introduction to Italic Calligraphy
Influencias
A course by Belén La Rivera , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: Influencias
Overview
“I will show you my favorite influences! Also the work of teachers and teachers who taught me and trained (and whose work is beautiful). Many are not so popular in social networks, so with the help of used books, we will go through their work in images that I have prepared for you.”
In this video lesson Belén La Rivera addresses the topic: Influencias, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Italic Calligraphy. Learn to express yourself in italic letters by exploring shapes and variations.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson we will review what are my great calligraphy influences and I had to select some because the list is quite long. But I want to start with my star book. If my house burns, I take the cat in one arm and this book of the other and I go out. This book is from Hermann Zapf, a German calligrapher who later lived in the United States. It's called "Feder Und Stichel" in German, or something like that pronounced, and "Pen and Graver" in English. And only 500 copies were printed per language. I hope you can ever see it live because you see the weight of the typography silver...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Italic Calligraphy
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Calligraphy
Belén La Rivera
A course by Belén La Rivera
Belén La Rivera is a Chilean graphic designer and lover of good music and drawn letters.
She has been specializing in typography for branding for five years, and four years in calligraphy. She has worked in agencies in Chile and New York using the written word as a communication engine to express a message.
She has collaborated with the Department of Typographic Studies DET UC and Deutsch Inc NY, and her work has been exhibited at the Type Directors Club, the Society of Scribes, and the Tipos Latinos Biennial. She also edited the book El diseño que pasa inadvertido.
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