It's been a lot of fun so far and I'm still only in the sketching phase. I can't wait for when I'm finally at the point of turning a typeface into an actual font and testing everything out! I'm also scouring antique stores for any books on lettering, calligraphy, and type specimens so I can use them design for inspiration. They're awfully hard to track down though; still, the hunt is kinda half the fun!
That would be amazing! Thank you! I have some that my parents found me, but not all of them were actually for lettering and calligraphy, but other aspects of penmanship.
Oh, lovely! And, yay, more books to look up! I'm trying to learn typeface design to create my own fonts so lettering is a super closely related topic.
Amazing!! And that sounds like a fantastic project!
It's been a lot of fun so far and I'm still only in the sketching phase. I can't wait for when I'm finally at the point of turning a typeface into an actual font and testing everything out! I'm also scouring antique stores for any books on lettering, calligraphy, and type specimens so I can use them design for inspiration. They're awfully hard to track down though; still, the hunt is kinda half the fun!
I have a pretty big collection of historic lettering and calligraphy books online (150+ ebooks), happy to DM you the link if you'd like.
That would be amazing! Thank you! I have some that my parents found me, but not all of them were actually for lettering and calligraphy, but other aspects of penmanship.
this was interesting !! never really thought about lettering before but its so pretty
Thank you! It's definitely one of those things if it's done well it goes unnoticed