Hand Lettering Presentation

Coming up on Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019, our sketching group meeting at the Leesburg Library will be a presentation and hands-on practice with hand lettering.

Another lady in the group, Susan Fink, will be sharing examples of her father's work where he created business logos and lettering as a profession..........like the Chiquita brand logo on bananas, Daniel Steel book titles, etc.

Following her presentation, I will share various examples of how we can work titles / headings / description wording / word art to our journal pages using our own hand writing as well as a few examples where one can use free font websites like dafont.com for inspiration with a huge library of fonts people can try to emulate on their pages.

For the last two months I have been doing a lot of research between websites, youtube videos, and books for ideas.  I've been doing a lot of my own practice.  What I've found is that I prefer to just use my own handwriting rather than try to follow fonts or calligraphy lettering styles.  And it seems I lean towards block or bubble lettering more than anything or faux calligraphy.  Not sure why but that's what I enjoy most.  I AM trying to work other styles in as well depending on the subject of my sketches.  As an example.......what I did back in October 2018 for Inktober.....either as individual titles or worked within the illustration itself.

Sources of Inspiration

Books:

Card Maker's Hand Lettering Workbook - Nancy Burke and Marian Rodenizer
The Art of Whimsical Lettering - Joanne Sharpe
The Art of Creative Lettering - Becky Higgins
The Art of Drawing Dangles - Olivia A. Kneibler

Google Search - Images:

Hand Lettering Alphabet
Hand Lettering Art

Google Search - Videos:

Hand Lettering Alphabet
Hand Lettering Art
Bouncy Letters
8 Hand Lettering Fonts to Draw
Hand lettering / Typography Tutorial (speed art)
50 Hand Lettering Ideas - Easy Ways to Change Up Your Writing Style
Bubble Letters

Downloadable Fonts:  I don't download but instead click on the font to see the alphabet

Dafont.com
1001freefonts.com

Buntings, Banners, Line Divisions, and Doodles:

Draw Buntings and Banners
How to Draw a Banner - 3 Simple Techniques
How to Draw a Banner with Torn Edges
Hand Lettering Accents
Embellishments/Letter Dangles/Eye Candy - Alexanderienne - Several Videos in the Series

My Own Examples

Faux Calligraphy:

Bubble Letters:

 Mixed:

Using font styles from Dafont.com:

Various Practice Styles Using One's Own Handwriting:

Inktober 2018 Lettering Examples - Stand Alone and Within Illustration:

In addition to playing with hand lettering, we will practice with drawing ribbons to house lettering for those who wish to get a bit fancy as well as shapes and banners.

Ribbons:

Shapes and Banners:

Other - Charms / Dangles / Word Art