Introduction to Italic Calligraphy
Construcción de minúsculas I (primera parte)
A course by Belén La Rivera , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: Construcción de minúsculas I (primera parte)
Overview
“There are letters that help build the lowercase alphabet: the letters "n" and "o". I will teach you how to draw them and then deduce other letters, from this pair.”
In this video lesson Belén La Rivera addresses the topic: Construcción de minúsculas I (primera parte), 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
“Lowercase Construction I In this video, we will start building the lower case. Why do you start by making lowercase and not uppercase? It is because most of the text that one writes It is usually made based on lowercase letters. In a way it is the main dish of the alphabet we are building. Returning to what was seen before, I place the sheet that has the guides in a place that is comfortable for me, I draw the parallel lines that are inclined, I take the pencil and I make the letter N, which is something you already practiced, but, with the difference that now we are going to make small cur...”
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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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