Overview
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Learn how to hand-letter type and turn your letterform drawings into pristine vector graphics and custom typography.
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Exercise files
- A drawn foundation
- Helpful drawing supplies
- Understanding lettering lingo
- Making the initial rough drawing
- Refining the drawing
- Inking the final art
- Virtually inking with the Adobe Draw app
- Easy vector build methods
- Finessing Bezier curves
- Using inked art in Illustrator
- Using Adobe Draw inked art in Illustrator
- Adding dimension
- Nesting shapes
- Shape recognition
- Inlines, droplines, and drop shadows
- Mixing up styles
- Using tools to imitate a handmade look
- Texturizing hand lettering
- Overlap FX
- Script lettering with the Width tool
- Hand-lettering-usage examples
- Inspiring designer: Kathy Weller
- Inspiring designer: Roberlan Borges
- Inspiring designer: Ty Paulhus
- Inspiring designer: Scott Biersack
- Inspiring designer: Nicolas Fredrickson
- Inspiring designer: Nikita Prokhorov
- Challenge one: Quote
- Solution one: Quote
- Challenge two: Nesting shapes
- Solution two: Nesting shapes
- Challenge three: Shape recognition
- Solution three: Shape recognition
- Closing
