Introduction to Italic Calligraphy
Construcción de minúsculas I (segunda parte)
A course by Belén La Rivera , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: Construcción de minúsculas I (segunda parte)
Overview
“In this lesson I will continue to show you how to draw the lowercase letters from the "n" and the "o".”
In this video lesson Belén La Rivera addresses the topic: Construcción de minúsculas I (segunda 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 Now I will show you the lyrics that are deduced from structural strokes of the N and the O. Like for example the letters B and the letter P, that share ascending, that were used for H and for L. And then, this curve of the O. There I make the stroke output. I start with the ascendant to make the letter B. And I'm going to show you two ways of ascending. And here I stop and I go to the right. And now I start doing as if he were going to take the shoulder off the N, but I continue as if it were the right part of the O. And I form it. I'm going to do another N, and I'm...”
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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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