The Lettering Workshops – Francis Chouquet

Description

In The Lettering Workshops, you’ll learn all about the art and practice of drawing letters using hands-on techniques in five workshops across 30 lessons! Whether you’re a beginner or a professional graphic designer, you’ll quickly learn how to develop and advance your lettering skills.

In this richly illustrated book of lessons and exercises, you’ll find:

• 5 Workshops to learn the art of drawing letters—from an introduction to brush lettering and lettering script to the decoration of letters; from the secrets of good composition to the process of digitization and vectorization of your type

• 30 Exercises that gradually develop from beginner through intermediate and advanced difficulty

• 16 Studies of works to understand what makes good lettering

• 52 Inspirational contributions in featured galleries from international brands

• 160 Pages for all skill levels

• 26 Letters to learn and explore!

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What Is Lettering?
Why This Book?
First Lesson
Lettering, Calligraphy, or Typography?
Basics and Technical Vocabulary

WORKSHOP 1: DISCOVERING BRUSH LETTERING

Exercise 1: Find the Right Position
Exercise 2: Set Up a Grid
Exercise 3: Execute the First Movements
Exercise 4: Place Letters
Exercsise 5: Join the Letters
Exercise 6: Retracing Your Tracks
Work Studies
Gallery

WORKSHOP 2: INITIATING SCRIPT LETTERING

Exercise 1: Discover the Skeleton Technique
Exercise 2: Trace an Alphabet
Exercise 3: Draw a Full Word
Exercise 4: Execute a Classic Script Letter
Exercise 5: Out of Your Comfort Zone
Work Studies
Gallery

WORKSHOP 3: USING TYPOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERS

Exercise 1: Decorate a Letter
Exercise 2: A Complete Word Exercise
Exercise 3: Go Further with a Vintage Style
Exercise 4: Discover the Interlock
Exercise 5: Work the Interlock
Exercise 6: Realize Complete Lettering in Interlock
Work Studies
Gallery

WORKSHOP 4: THE SECRETS OF A GOOD COMPOSITION

Exercise 1: Thinking in Block
Exercise 2: Execute the First Sketches
Exercise 3: Choose the Word Styles
Exercise 4: Tracing the Skeleton
Exercise 5: Develop and Finalize Your Track
Work Studies
Gallery

WORKSHOP 5: SCANNING AND VECTORIZATION

Exercise 1: Scan and Prepare Your Lettering
Exercise 2: First Steps to Vectorization
Exercise 3: Testing the Summit Theory
Exercise 4: Vectorize the Entire Set of Letters
Exercise 5: Critiquing Vectorized Letters
Exercise 6: Prepare Lettering without Vectorization
Exercise 7: Isolate Lettering
Exercise 8: Apply Texture
Exercise 9: Finalizing the Composition
Gallery
The Artists in This Book
Resources