Art of
Lettering
for beginners
Volume 1
Ursula Escalante All rights reserved
Welcome ¡¡
¡WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF LETTERING!
IN THIS BOOK YOU WILL FIND EVERYTHING YOU NEED SO YOU CAN START IN
THE ART OF DRAWING LETTERS AND MAKING COMPOSITIONS, YOU WILL ALSO
HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT MATERIALS, TECHNIQUES AND A LOT OF EXERCISES
SO YOU CAN PRACTICE. . YOU CAN USE LETTERING AND DRAWING FOR A
THOUSAND OF THINGS: POSTERS, CARDS, GIFTS, PRINTS, PACKAGING,
INVITATIONS, THE COVER OF YOUR NOTEBOOKS, OR EVEN TO RELAX!
CALLIGRAPHY
CALLIGRAPHY IS THE ART OF
WRITING BEAUTIFUL LETTERS
CORRECTLY. THEY ARE WORDS
WRITTEN WITH ANY TYPE OF
CALLIGRAPHIC MATERIAL SUCH AS
PENCIL OR MARKERS AND HAVE A
STRICTER TECHNIQUE THAN
LETTERING.
Def initions ¡¡
LETTERÍNG
LETTERING IS THE ART OF
DRAWING WORDS. IT HAS NO
LIMITS, IT IS PURE
CREATIVITY. YOU CAN
COMBINE COLORS, FONTS,
BANNERS, ILLUSTRATIONS...
THERE ARE NO RULES.
TYPOGRAPHY:
TYPOGRAPHY IS THE ART OF
DESIGNING LETTERS. A FONT IS
A SET OF LETTERS, NUMBERS
AND SIGNS THAT HAVE COMMON
CHARACTERISTICS, HAVE BEEN
DESIGNED WITH A COMMON
STYLE AND ARE PROGRAMMED
TO BE USED ON OUR
COMPUTERS.
Definitions¡ ¡
T ype s of Letterin g
HAND LETTERING
IT CONSISTS OF CHALK LETTERING:
DRAWING
LETTERS BY IT IS AN ART THAT
BASICALLY USES A
HAND. EACH BLACKBOARD AND
LETTER IS CHALK MARKERS TO
DRAWN CREATE AMAZING
PHRASES. SOME
SEPARATELY. PEOPLE PRACTICE
CHALK LETTERING ON
ACRYLIC OR GLASS
WITH MARKERS.
BRUSH LETTERING
WITH BRUSH LETTERING WE
USE WIDER STROKES AND
NARROWER ONES. THE
VARIATION OF THIS TYPE OF
STROKE IS WHAT MAKES THE
WORDS DRAWN WITH BRUSH
LETTERING HAVE THAT
BEAUTIFUL APPEARANCE
THAT WE LIKE SO MUCH.
o ther letterin g
BUBBLE OR
BALLOON LETTERS
THEY ARE VERY
SIMPLE TIMOTEO
LETTERS TO
MAKE, YOU
JUST HAVE TO THE TIMOTEO LETTER IS A LETTER
DUPLICATE THE MODEL, CREATED TO GIVE
LETTER AND IT POSITIVE APPROACHES TO ALL
WILL LOOK MESSAGES USED IN CRAFTS,
BIGGER AND SIGNS, MESSAGES, ROOM AND
FATTER LIKE A PARTY DECORATIONS, AND THE
BALLOON! LETTERS ARE VERY EASY TO MAKE.
THE DESIGN IS BASED ON MAKING
EACH OF THE ALPHABET LETTERS,
WITH CLOSED CURVES AND A
SLIGHT INCLINATION TO THE
RIGHT OR LEFT DEPENDING ON THE
LETTER.
AND MANY MORE...
LETTERING IS SO BROAD
THAT IT INCLUDES LETTERS
THAT YOU CAN CREATE
YOURSELF KNOWING
DIFFERENT DRAWING AND
WRITING TECHNIQUES.
T ype s of Markers
1 2
Tip Brush and tip Beveled Tip
Fine
Typ es of Ma rkers
3 4
Bullet Point Conical Tip
e of Brush Lette ring
Go lde n Ru l
YOU MUST KEEP IN MIND THAT WHEN YOU
WRITE A LETTER THE STROKE THAT GOES
DOWN IS WIDER THAN THE REST OF THE
LINES. TO ACHIEVE THIS EFFECT WITH THE
BRUSH TIP MARKERS YOU WILL HAVE TO
PRESS THE MARKER MORE AGAINST THE
SHEET WHEN YOU ARE DRAWING THE
DESCENDING (DOWNING) STROKE, AND YOU
WILL NEED TO RELAX THE STROKE WHEN
YOU ARE MAKING THE UP (WHICH UP)
STROKE.
ascending line
Upward
X height
Crossbar
or bar Falling
Pole
Base line
Counterform
descendant line
THE LETTERS THAT GO UP ARE THIN AND THOSE THAT
GO DOWN ARE THICK!
Ti ps for Brush Lette ring
FOR BRUSH LETTERING, THE IDEAL MARKER
IS THE BRUSH TIP MARKER.
THE CROSSBARS OR BARS ARE ALWAYS
FINE OR THIN LINES.
NEVER HOLD THE MARKER TOO CLOSE TO
THE TIP, NOR LEAN TOO FAR INTO THE
PAPER.
THE SHEETS MUST BE LARGER THAN 100GR
IF THE INK DOES NOT TEND TO RUN ON THE
SHEET.
Exercises
Exercises
lo wercase
alp habet
baselines
generates thickness in the lines that go down
stuffed without guides
lowercase
lowercase
lowerc ase
lowercase
U pperc ase alph abe t
c apita l let ters
c apital le tters
ca pital letters
flourishes ¡
FLOURISHES ARE DECORATIONS
OF DIFFERENT SIZES THAT WE
ADD TO THE LETTERS IN
DIFFERENT PLACES. IT CAN BE
AT THE BEGINNING, MIDDLE OR
END OF OUR WORDS, IN VOWELS
OR CONSONANTS.
THE FLOURISHES GIVE A
ROMANTIC TOUCH TO OUR
LETTERS.
flourish es¡¡
EXERCISES:
flo urishe s¡¡
EXAMPLE:
L etter ing Exercis es:
lines that go up are thin
lines that go down are thick
L etter ing Exercis es:
Ascending Line
Practice:
a aaaaaa
Descendant Line
b bbbbb
The letters that go up must reach the Ascending line
cccccccc
il l improve your h andwriti ng
Pra ctice w :
d ddddd
e eee e e e e e e e
The letters that go up and down must touch the ascending line and the descending line
f fffffff
very important in let tering
Pr acti ce is
ggg g g g
the letters that go down must reach the descending line
hh h h hh
iiiiiiiiiii
pr acti ce im proves your strok es
jjjjjjjjj
kkkkkk
lll ll l l l
tter ing ma kes your letters mo re b eaut ifu l
le :
mmmmmm
nnnnnnn
oooooooo
l ette ring relaxe s yo u
pppppp
q qq qqq
rrrrrrr
rele ase your hand
ssssssssss
ttttttt
uuuuuu
ifies your writi ng
let terin g beaut
vvvvvvv
wwwww
x xxxxxxx
I learn to write bea utifu lly
yyyyyy
zzzzzz
write a word in lowercase
Let tering Exer cises :
AAAAAA
You can make capital letters in four or three lines depending on the composition.
BB BB capital letters should always stand out from lower case
CCCCCC
tter ing helps improve yo ur s trok e
le s
DDDD
In the flourishes you will see other examples of how to make capital letters
EEEEEE
FFFFF
es
l etter ing improv your wri ting:
GGGGG
HHHH
I IIIIIIII
lett ering is p eace :
JJ J JJJJ
K KKK K
LLLLL
lett ering improves mem ory :
MMMM
N N N NN
OOOOOO
I love letter ing:
PPPPPP
QQQQQ
RRRRR
let tering stress re lief :
S S S S SS
TTTTTT
UUUU
children an d a dul ts
l ette ring for
VVVVV
WWW
XXX XX
Le ttering is Art
YYYYY
ZZZ
write a word in capital letters
flourishes¡¡
EXERCISES:
:
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your flouri shes :
pra ctice your senten ces
e TTering
ove
emon
Te chn iques to em belli sh
o ur composit ions
There are millions of resources in this
opportunity we will know the Elements such
as banners, decorative ribbons, pennants,
ornaments, flowers, arrows and more.
Now it's your turn to use creativity and lots of
colors!
Items
Items
Items
Items
Items
Items
Items
Items
hearts
Items
The Elements enrich our compositions and make them
unique!
They are the Personalization of our work!
Col or Combinatio ns
Here are some color
Two colors combinations:
Yellow and blue
:
Navy and Teal three colors
Black and orange
Garnet and peach Dark blue, turquoise,
dark purple and beige/
Navy blue Blue, red and yellow/
orange and beige, Light pink, hot pink,
dark brown and blue, maroon/
yellow and green Navy blue, yellow,
beige
Co mpos ition Fi nal
With everything we have learned we can now create
a composition.Draft or Sketch: The first drawing that
is made prior to the final work does not contain
further details.
We can put together several types of letters and
place them in order to form a phrase, using a sketch
and a harmonious mixture of colors.We can use
elements, such as drawings, pennants and more.Do
not exaggerate in the use of resources.Remember to
highlight only part of the sentence.
Exercises
ollow
Your
reams
Believe
in
Yourself
orrow
tom
will
be
nice
the
world
is
Yours
be
the best
version
of your
! Welcome to the world of Lettering!
I hope that these practices are useful for your
future projects and allow you to fall in love with
this art.With all these exercises we barely saw
the first part, there is still much more to learn
and we will see that in the next book: art of
lettering for begginers step by step volume II
where we will learn types of letters, balloon or
bubble letters, shadows, lights and gradient
.Don't miss this fascinating opportunity to grow
with us.
! Thanks for trusting!
