Author: Dina Rodriguez
Started: July 8, 2018
Finished: July 22, 2018
Pages: 206
Genre: Handwriting
First Sentence: When learning lettering, it's important to understand all the parts that make up each letter and to know the typographical terms for them.
Summary: [From BN] Get creative, express yourself, and add that personal touch with hand lettering! With illustrated step-by-step instructions, The Big Awesome Book of Hand & Chalk Lettering shows the complete beginner how to master the art of hand lettering, the composition/design of phrases on the page, and flourishes to embellish the design. It also includes chalk lettering, fun prompts for writing, and 15 projects and gift ideas, ranging from gift tags to a lettered poster to chalk-lettered signs for special events. The Big Awesome Book of Hand & Chalk Lettering covers 15 lettering styles—from Black Letter and "melting" to circus and Victorian, as well as serifs and scripts—along with numerous borders, corners, banners, bursts, frames and other accents.
Thoughts: In my quest to READ ALL THE THINGS about hand-lettering and calligraphy, I picked up this book as I was browsing at the library. I was pleasantly surprised. This book does a fantastic job of covering the basics. It breaks down the fundamentals in a way that is easy to understand but also allows you to see how everything comes together in the end. What I liked most about this book was how much time it devoted to showing how letters of various fonts are formed. Rodriguez shows a step-by-step process that is both easy to follow and to copy.
As with other books, this title covers all the tools and supplies you need. It also discuses adding dimension, frames, designs, accents, ligatures, and all that sort of stuff to you letters. Again, this is repetitive with other books I've read, but Rodriguez does a great job of keeping things simple without making you feel dumb.
The only thing I really skimmed over in this book is the projects. They are the same things I've seen everywhere else.
Rating: 7/10 [Very Good]
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