Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy

Overview

“For this lesson, I will present basic technical characteristics of foundational calligraphy; from its architecture and visual hierarchies, to the formation of fundamental strokes both for the development of the exercises and for the final work. We will focus first on knowing what the basic architecture of the letter is and the definition of the simplest parts to learn. Then we will learn about visual weights, scale and width variants, spaces between letters, lines of text and paragraphs, among others.”

In this video lesson Leo Calderón addresses the topic: Characteristics of Foundational Calligraphy, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy. Learn the basics of this style and explore the beauty behind it by creating your own calligraphy piece.

Partial transcription of the video

“Lesson 2 Features In this lesson we go into the technical characteristics of foundational calligraphy. I will work on this document, I will leave in Additional Resources for you to consult whenever you want. We will start based on the foundational style, and also for all calligraphic styles. Each movement and structure of the letter It is based on the route that I am generating with the tool that I will work with. This has a very accurate definition, and is called Ductus. Every time we write, we work the lyrics, the way we are working, is precisely the structure, the skeleton, which I am im...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Foundational Calligraphy

• Level: Beginner
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• 1902 students
• 4 units
• 22 lessons (4h 25m)
• 13 downloads

• Category

  Calligraphy & Typography

• Areas

  Calligraphy