Introduction to Italic Calligraphy
Mayúsculas con pluma (primera parte)
A course by Belén La Rivera , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: Mayúsculas con pluma (primera parte)
Overview
“The world of uppercase letters works very differently from the lower case. For this reason, they deserve to be viewed independently according to the logic used previously: they will be grouped by shapes, so that you become familiar with those that have vertical, diagonal and curved strokes.”
In this video lesson Belén La Rivera addresses the topic: Mayúsculas con pluma (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
“Capital letters with pen In this lesson we will review the capital letters. The first thing I'm going to ask you to do is, with a compass, draw a measure of two angles, forty-five and twenty-five. Because they are the measures that we are going to use the most throughout our tour of the capital letters. The angle of the capital letters is different. The angle of the uppercase pencil is different from that of the lower case because, since its height is higher, remember that this is the maximum height of my capital letters, versus this smaller one, which was for the lower case. There is much ...”
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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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