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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

Lesson: Letter Basics

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

DEFINING BASIC LETTERING TERMS

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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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  • Graphics 9
    • PS Exercises
    • Colour Theory >
      • Colour Wheel
      • Swatch it Up!
    • Assignments >
      • Life in a Bottle
      • Remembrance Day
      • C.A.R.P. Academic Posters
    • Digital Drawing >
      • Basic Drawing Techniques
      • Image Tracing
      • Exquisite Corpse
    • Design >
      • Elements of Art
      • Logo
      • C.A.R.P. in Design
    • Typography >
      • My Type of Name
      • Font Pairing
      • Hand Lettered Typographic Poster
  • Media Arts 9
    • Colour Wheel
    • B Movie Posters