Exercise: My Type of Name

Go to www.dafont.com and choose 1 of each font type to write your name:
- serif
- sans serif
- light
- bold
- handwritten/cursive

• Use a ruler to map out your base line and x-height
• Use a pencil to sketch your name in
• Then go over it with thin black Sharpie
• Keep your paper CLEAN and NEAT

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Lesson: Letter Basics

https://www.thebrandedsolopreneur.com/fonts-done-right/

Images sourced from: http://www.delightfullydesigning.com/8-basic-dos-donts-font-pairing/

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DEFINING BASIC LETTERING TERMS

Lettering is the art of drawing letters where each letter acts as its own mini illustration. Rather than simply writing letters in a print or cursive style with a continuous stroke, the thing that sets “lettering” apart is the individual attention paid to each letter and its role within a composition.

Hand-Lettering is a more specific subset of lettering that refers to the art of drawing letters specifically by hand and not creating them in a digital program like Illustrator.

Calligraphy is the art of writing letters and is related to the idea of penmanship. It traditionally uses specific tools like a nib and ink, and it is marked by a variation in width for the upstrokes and downstrokes of each letter (which is what separates it a bit from cursive writing.) 
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Typography is a repeated system of letters. It’s the style and appearance of a printed material or the art of arranging type. It’s not a specific style of writing or creating letters and words, but more the arrangement of how those letters appear together in a system.

https://www.handletteringforbeginners.com/blog/lettering-calligraphy-typography

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