Introduction to Italic Calligraphy
Mayúsculas con pluma (segunda parte parte)
A course by Belén La Rivera , Graphic Designer and Typography Artist
About the video: Mayúsculas con pluma (segunda parte parte)
Overview
“We continue reviewing the italic capital letters.”
In this video lesson Belén La Rivera addresses the topic: Mayúsculas con pluma (segunda parte 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 And now we will enter fully into the letters that have diagonals. And this is where these two angles are going to be very useful. Because almost all thick diagonals are 45. Before we used 25 for straight or thick strokes and now we are going to use the 45, only in the thick ones. Setting the pen at 45, which is what we used for lowercase letters, I start doing the A. I put the pencil, I make diagonal, I go back to the tip and I make the diagonal. And now, in 25, like what I used to make the horizontals of the H, I do, then ... the horizontal line of the A. If you lo...”
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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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