Introduction to Italic Calligraphy
Construcción de minúsculas II
A course by Belén La Rivera , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: Construcción de minúsculas II
Overview
“We still have letters to learn! In this video I group the remaining ones according to their form so that you can practice together with the ones already reviewed.”
In this video lesson Belén La Rivera addresses the topic: Construcción de minúsculas II, 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 II In this video we will review the lowercase letters which we did not review in the previous video. As in the previous exercises, I will start with the letter N. And the first letter to review will be the I, I latin. Very easy. Simply a vertical stroke, and then ... point. Where to put the point is everyone's decision. One recommendation is that it is not so remote of the height line of X, so that it looks like a complete sign. There are times that if I make the point much higher, It is difficult to group it as a complete sign. So we keep it close. And I notice that ...”
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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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